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I THE OMAHA DAILV BEE : SUNDAY , JANUAKY'au. _ 1887.-8TXTEEISr PAGES. THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. rr.nvs or Bunscntrrtox : Unlly ( Mrwnl.iif Edition ) Including Humlny IJir.OnoYenr . $1001 for Sir Months . BOH for Thieo Month ! . 2 M Tim Oinalin Sunday Her , malloil to uny , Ono Yoar. - . . . 203 OM n ornrr. No. pu Axn Bit TAHVAM Hrw VonK orrirK. Itooti r.V , Tmni'Vfi nt'ii.niMi. imiCK , No. 6UKufliTtL.VTiiHriuit. All tomrnunlciitiniHtclatltiff tones nn < l edi torial mnllcr MitmM bo uiMtosacd la lUo IU > 1- ion of THE Ht.r. BUSINESS l.F.TTrnS ! All bti'lnof" letters iimlrcmltUncPsflliouM bo Mrtrfitietl to. TUB HKB ruin.iHiiiMi COMPANY , OMtiit. Drafts , chocks and poUolllco orders to be wntlo payable to the oixUrof thu company , Wl BEE PUBllSWTSpm , PROPRIETORS , K. NOSBWATKIl , Em-roil , TJIK OAUjY nin. Bworn Stnlcniont of Circulation. Stale at Nebraskn , 1 , , County of Douglas. I ( loo. II. Tzfichtick , secretary of The Uco Publishing company , clous solemnly swear ItiBl the actual circulation of ilia Dally lcu ! tor tlm weckcmllnK Jan. .JSlh , 1837 , was as follows : Saturday. Jan. 22 U..ro Sunday. .Jan. as RiV ) Monilnv , , ) au , 'JI l-tiJS" > Tuesday. .Jan. Y > HO.Vi Wednesday. Jnn. SO 14,075 Tliiir. il y , Jan.J7 14,0 Friday , Jan. as ll.K3 ( Averacc 1I.1JS liKO. It. TMCIIITK. .Subscribed nntl sworn to in my piesencc this'.HU dnyol Jnuunty A. D. , ISb * . N. P. Fr.n. . ISEALI Notary Public. ( ' en. 1) . Tzschuck. bflng first duly sworn , deposes nntl says that bo Is secretary of the Jcc I'nlillshlnir company , that Iho actual nv- ernco dally circulation of the Uallv Ueo for the month of January , 18SO , was lO.lttS copies , for Fvlnnary , IbWJ , lu.WS copies ; for Mnich , IhSO , 11 KJ7 copies ; for Aptll , 1B80 , 12,1111 ropips : for May. It1 , 12,4 : copies : for Juno , lEiJO , l ! > ,2)3 ! ) copfr ? : for July. 18b , l'Jttl ! copiers : for Auziist , IbbO , 13,4G4copIcsforScuiuiiiuur , IbNi , 18.0:10 : copies ; for October , 180,12,089 copies ; for November , IbbO , 13,348 codes ; lor December , IfctG , 1",2J7 : copies. QKO. 1) ) . TZSCHUCK. bw oru to and subscribed before tuo this 1st lay ( it January A. 1) . 18S7. (8F.AL.I ( N. P. Fiat , . Notary Public. Coiiti'MtHof the Stinrtny nee. 1'ngii 1. New York Herald Cablegrams Sjieclals to the lii.i : . ( ieiieral Telegraphic I'asl-'i. TeleirraphleiXews. City News. Mlscollanv. I'age I ! . ( Jcueral nnd local mntkcts. hpeciul Advertisements. , 1'age 4. Kditoiinls. Political Points. hunday ( Josstp. Page 5. Lincoln News. Cadcau's Letter. A uv ei tlsemeii ts. 1'ngoO. Council Bluffs News. Miscellany. Advortlsements. Page 7. Social Kvents In Omnhn. Mlscel- lanv. I'ageS. Advertisements. I'ago 1) ) . Col. Henton and His Dog.-Old Moiislni. AdveittscmcnK Page 10. Waits From the Wits. Wars and Humors of Wain , by T. C.-A Friend in Need. ' 1 lie Domnlu ol Woman. Advertise ments. Page 11. Semi-Anuiial Statement of the 1 reasurer ol Douclns County. Mary Shaw's Admirers. In Itetlrontent. Pane. 1'J. Pen Picture ot the Pope , An In teresting Letter Fiom Paris. Madam Miller Militant , by FranScpol , TheateisTbat are loiuljs , by thii French Author , Jules Ler- itiliin. Auvertlseinonti. Pnpo 1M. Sevend Lllorarv Leaves From the Pnu of William J. Uok. Educational. Ad vertisements. Pngp 14. The Mormons In Omahn , bv A. O. Dnvcnjiort. It Was Not the Urlde. Msirrlage Talk nnd Tics. Advertisements. Page 15. Dinner , Dance nud Diversion , bv Clara Hollo. Honny for the Ludles. Muslc.il and Dramatic. Lincoln's Foitunato cn ! > c , Knox County AIfnlr.s , Advertisements. Page 10. Advertisement. Tin : man without nn interest in a town lot in Omaha is like tno man without u country , llo has nothing ; to talk about. TitKA'so.v is punished by the rope and Rullows. If political treachery were treated in tlio same way wo should have fewer sell-outs. COI.HY is now one of the original Pad- ilook men. The sly colonel tried his best to break the Paddock following for Thur-jton , to whom he vas pledged nnd mourned deeply nt his failure. At roituiNO to ono third of Iho railroad inini : : ors , the interstate commerce bill means destruction to ail business intor- osfg Another third assumes to believe that it will ruin Iho railroads only , while a third portion insist that it is of no ac count anyhow. A fair trial will K'IVC the people : i chance to eeo which knows l/ost IT is worth notins : that the adverse vote on the woman's sufl'ra < o amend ment , in the United States Kuiuito n few days ago , was pivon mainly by demo crats. Of the thirty-four nays only ton wore republicans , while there was not a single democrat miion the sixteen yeas. It may bo remarked that the women vvoro unfortunate in having Mr. IHalr as their champion. Itr.i'ours say that the c/.ar and tv.anna of Russia propose to make a tour of Kti- ropu during the coming summer , and the old emperor of ( iormany has oxpresscd a ilosiro to moot the British queen during the year , which i.i the ninetieth of his lifo and the fiftieth of his ruign. These plans or hopes indicate that the summer of 1837 may bo ono of a good deal of royal visit ing , provided that the peace of Europe can bo maintained. Irisvory unfortunate for Congress- man-elect McShunu that thnrnilropuo ed itor of the Jlcrnhl has taken a sudden fnno.v to him. His blarney may not turn Mr. MoSbnno's head but it will turn the stomachs of many of his friends. Wo presume Air , MoShanocan't help himself , but if ho hns any Intluonoo with Con ( ial- lagher ho may bo able to convince Dr. Miller's man that there is such a thing us killing your friends with too much kind ness , Tun organizers of Iho movement to so- euro a university in Omaha have started in the right way , They propose to as sure a first class establishment or nouo at nil. If funds siilllcicnt to found an Insti tution for the higher education on a firm financial basis cannot bo raised , the com mittee will lot the matter drop. The country is lllloil with flodgoling colleges. Omaha will not care to have- her name associated with another weakling. The aim is to raisu $200,000 In Onialia which will bo used to endow the proposed uni versity , while half this sum will bo col- lectcd outside and will bo used in build ings and apparatus. Our people can af ford to contribute liberally to an enter prise which will bo started on such a basis , because It assures its portuanpnco. U will bo worth tlio uionoy to Omaha as in educational and rdlining influence m lur midst. Ha * the Disturbing Klcmcnt IJocn Hemovcd ? A dispatch appeared in the Chicntro A'or.ton Thursday which announced that the defeat of Van \Vvck had forever re moved a disturbing clement in Nebraska politics. This yliovvs how shallow and stupid some mm arc who pretend to bo close observers of political currents. ( Jencral Van U.yt-k's defeat has tem porarily removed n prominent anil trusted popular leader from the national senile. It has not afVcctod the cause which he lias ably and consistently cham pioned or the following which is tcimed by the Chicago paper a disturbing cle ment in Nebraska polities. Van AVyck was only tlm embodement of certain principles and reforms which for years Inivo been a source of commotion and ngitutton among the people. The desire for relief , the conflict between opposing principles , the popular move-incut for popular ex pression occasioned the dlsttubanco , not ( Impersonality of the leader. It is a shallow view which mistakes the cll'cct for the cause. Senator Van Wyck misht have died In thu middle of his term , but thu disturb ing clement which opposes the misrule of corporate monopoly , demands living wages for Ihe working man , insists upon honest business methods in railway man agement and opposes extot lion and dis crimination would have survived without him. He may retire Irom public life and politics , but the disturbing cle ment which trusted him with Its Icadcrshiu will still march forward , daily gaining new recruits , and with other lenders holding aloft the banner of emancipation liom corporate slavery. For it is the disturbing ele ments which secure political progress. The free soilers and the abolitionists were the disturbing elements In the demo cratic and whig parties. Defeat after de feat only strengthened the movement aud hastened the day of victory. Great leaders went down , but the cause sur vived. It is a poor reform which is founded on Iho popularity or the strength of n single man. The disturbing clement complained of is not confined to Nebraska. It perme ates social conditions in every state ofthe tiniont Ilejiresenting a popular demand which is Iho result of deep seated conviction ol wrongs suf fered bv the pcoule , it is the germ of a new era dawning upon Amci- lean politics which cannot bo perma nently obscured by a passing cloud. The people Initc created the corporations. They must now conltol them. The men who hiivo amassed wealth from labor must now recogni/.e its just claims. A citi/.enry which has built tip giant indus tries by stimulants which have imposed a heavy lav on the people demands a re duction of taxation which is no longer needed to bring fair profits to manufac turers. These arc the principles which have been advocated by General Van Wyck ; they are the principles of n vast number of intelligent voters. If they form a disturbing element in our politics as at present constituted , so much the worse for the politics. Finally , the disturbing clement is not confined to any one of the parties. It is working in all. And this is the cause of its strength and progress. Ten years have increased it from a minor factor in poli tical calculations to one of such proportions tions 11ml it cannot longer be ignored , it is here , and hero to .stay. It is not the effervescence of champaign which ceases shortly alter the cork is drawn. H is rather like a union of chemical elements forming a reaction which will not cease until the result is accomplished. Till1 Jtcal ICsiato iloom. No ono now doubts that wo are in the midst of a real estate boom. Property is the one absorbing topio of general con versation. No portion of the papers is road with more intense interest than the real estate transfers. As for the dealers their name is legion. In other words we have reached the speculative point where the question of what income a piece of property promi-es as an investment is subordinate to that of how much can bo made from its ro-transfcr. Hundreds of people are buying to sell again where a score arc purchasing to hold. The ex citement and activity resulting constitute a boom. It must not be assumed that there is no basis but spoculaliyo trading for the boom which wo are now experiencing. The contrary ID the case. The heavy pur chases fo permanent improvement , the large amount ol prospective building , the growth of the city in business and in pop ulation are all taken into account. Wo are valuing the present and from it. esti mating the future. The rapid and steady rise in realty of the past two years seems to give good assurance , under conditions which are now working themselves out , for the hopes of the two years to como. For all this , a word of caution will not bo amiss. An excited condition of business calls for all the more earn in the cxnrciso of busi ness judgment. Doom or no boom , values are values. Heal estate has little intrinsic value. H is cheap or dear , just so far as it will return cither in the pres ent or tlu future a fair or a poor return upon the money invested , In other words its value is largely relative and must bo guagud by Iho uses to which it can bo put. The farther it is from the business center the loss probable call will thcro bo for its use lor purposes of business or resldoncu as Omaha prop erty. _ Btinnif * In the Public School- ) , Our publio schools with all their ad mitted excellences and pretences of high culture are in many respects a sham and a mockery. \ \ o now pretend to loach German. A single teacher imparts the instruction to n class of seventy pupils in the high .school. This class comprises a largo number of boys and girls who started out this year with no knowledge whatever of the German language , and many wlio are advanced enough to bo taught German literature. As there is no distinction made between those dif ferent pupils the text books used are in ofl'ect primer baby books , and for all , practical . uses the whole Gorman instruction is a farce , liegm- tiers never reach the end of the course and advanced pupils learn nothing. If wo nro to have Gorman instruction in our pbullc schools it should bo practical. Thuro should bo method and grading into clHsseij. The study should begin iu the grammar school classes aud be car ried upward into the high school to grad uation. Otherwise it should bo aban doned. Drawing U taught by two teacher * One of these devotes herself to teaching painting in wntor colon while the majoritj of her class find diffi culty in drawin ; : a straight line or a timplc circle with nny approach to accu racy instruction in drawing should bo obligatory on every boy and girl , but It * should begin nt first principles and require thorough work. Mechanical drawing ought to bo cspcc-ially fostered. Hut this thing ot teaching water colors Is prcposlcVous. If any of the pupils happen to develop latent talent and seek to improve it else where they will I'm 'I themselves com pelled to unlearn most of what they have acquired. Correct methods lie at the foundation of all practical education. There is no loyal road to learning. Wo are paying heavily for music teachers , bill the music taught has no charm to ootho anybody. There is ab- ioltitely no need of a teacher to leach the teachers. Thcro are not enough of them to make a class and most of them can already sing as well as their instructor. Singing in the schools should bo taught simply as an cvcrcisn , not as an accom plishment. A t lee tu at Counoll Council Mull's has entered upon a gen uine boom , and the residents are not only enthusiastic and confident , but numer ous capitalists from elsewhere are mak ing investments there. The boom is ap parently on a solid basis. It is bared largely on the belief that Omaha is to continue its remarkable growth , and on the proximity of Council HliiHs. There arc largo tracts on the bottoms , which can easily be used for warehouses , yards , mauufnctorifg and other enterprises needing room. The prospect of a wapon bridge and struct car line connecting the two cities also increases tlio faith in the future of Council llluli's. Instead of Council IJIulls fostering n spirit of envy or attempting to bo a rival to Omaha , it now rc.iHx.ijs that the closer connection with Omnha , the more inrmonious its relations , the more prosperity. . Numerous Omaha capital ists are becoming interested in Council IHtiIVs property , and the fact is signifi cant that maps are being prepared show ing both cities as separated only by the river , and llns spanned by bridges. 1'or several years there has been little activity in Council Blull's property , but with the prospect of a close union with Ouialm , this boom stntts iu. Residence property , especially for workingineii , is being eagerly boticht up. There have b en more transfers within a wt-ck than in any one year before. - Tlio Nnvlcw of Huropp. In the present situation of European affairs , which according to the latest dis patches have again become threatening , all information relating to the war power of the nations that would be in volved in a general war is interesting. In tlio February number of II-irpor's Magazine , Sir R. J. Reed reviews the war vessels of Italy , Russia , Germany , Austria and Turkey , with brief refer ences 10 the = e of Greece , Spain and Per tugal. Speed and battery power are the two great features of Italy's huge war ships. The Duiilio and Doudolo have a speed of cloven knots , carry twenty-two inches of armor on their sides , aud have each a battery of four 101-ton Armstrong guns. The Italia and Lopanto are oven larger , with 18,000 indicated horse power each , funnelling a speed ot IS knots. On their massive towers tlioy carry 1 ! ) inches of armor , and arc mounted with font toy-ton Armstrong guns , tlio heav iest ordnance alloat in any navy. Nearly equal to these are the Re Umberto , Sicilla and Sunlegiin , of 17 knots speed , with 111 inches of armor on the towers. Three more great Italian war ships are the Lauria , Morosini , and Doria , of ! 0 knots speeds , 11 inches of tower armor , nnd batteries of four 103 ton guns. All these vessels have secondary batteries and torpedo appli ances. Iicsides tlieso great battle ships , and the Palestro and Principe - cipo Amiuleo. Italy has live unarmorcd vessels with a speed of from into 17 knots nearly a hundred torpedo boats finished or under construction , several torpedo vessels of 20 knots speed , and a large one of 2,000 tons whii-h is to make 10 knots , It is thus seen that the naval power ol Italy is formidable. Tlio ll'iss-ian navy consists of tho.IJlark Sea and ISallic fleets , besides three llotil- la.s , the Siberian , Caspian and Aral. Three 10 knot ships are under construc tion in the Black Sea licet , to bo belled through with 18-inch armor and with 11- inch armor on their towers , and armed each with six 10-ton guns. There tire also two circular vessels having 18-inch armor and Iwo 10-ton guns. The Baltic fleet contains the Peter the Grc.il with four 10-ton guns , and ten ether heavily : ir- morcd ships a rebuilt or building. Russia has also luO torpedo boats built or under construction , and a few SO-kuot torpedo vessels. Germany's navy possesses four ships having lii-iiu-h armor , and an equal num ber having OJ and 10 inches of armor. Her largest ironclad is the Konig Wil- lic'lm , of 0,750 tons , 11 } knots speed and 12 inches of armor , carrying eighteen 11- Ion guns. There are thrco ether largo war vessels , though inferior to tlio above , about fifteen iinarmorud frigates and corvettes , and inoro than a hundred torpedo boats , while three unnrmorod cruisers , to have a speed of 18 to 19 knoUs , are building. Austria has two powerful ironclads , three belted ships with central battery , and two now ironclads building. Thcro are a good many less cfi'octivo ships in her nayy and a fair supply of torpedo craft. Turkey has two powurf ill armored ships , thirteen smaller ironclads , and sovonten torpedo boats. Greece has twenty-Sevan torpedo boats , ono torpedo vessel of 11 knots , ono fast cnusor and two weak ironclads. Spain has Iho iron clad Vittoriu a'nd is building a formidably fcteol turret ship , which will carry two and 18-ton and is designed u3-ton two - guns , - signed to have a speed of 10 knots. She has fourteen iiuarmorcd vessels and ono building , a torpedo catcher of the remarkable - markablo speed of 21 knots , and thrco sea going torpedo boats. Spain is grow ing as a naval power. Little Portugal has but one ironclad and two fast unarmored - armored cruisers. Referring to Franco , Sir K. J. Rood says she is "n really great naval power , and there nro circumstances which would make a naval conflict be tween her nnd Kngland ono of the most uncertain iu the history of Iho world. " The naval policy of Germany is defensive. Turkey is slowly but surely succumbing to Russia , and it is but n question of time when Russian mastery over Turkey iu T 1 the Black sea will bo complete. Italy ha ? a naval role of her own to plav in Kiirop0 , and is pliy\n1it well. Society nnd the Since. A tlraniatlo clulj of Brooklyn , New York , composed of people who "strut their brief hour" in the higher walks of society in that goodly oily , has recently Rained some local notoriety by disparag ing action regardmg sonic of its mem bers who have nppearejl on the stage in amateur dramatic enlortftinmenls. This purpose of the elub s of course purely lit erary , but it is nicv'jtalfle that such a so ciety will attract pooplb having a more or less pronounced histrionic talent , which is developed by the study and asso ciation with kindred spirits , and with this development irrow s n desire , quite un conquerable witli some , to give their realer or fanpird abilities a public airing on Iho stage. It seems that this Brooklyn clubhas produced several persons of this kind , omo of whom ailnovctl a marked success as amativ.il actors , and acquired thereby a good deal of popularity. Toward those persons there was first manifested on the part of certain members of the club , doubtless less cifted , a disposition to ig nore them socially , and dually this ole- men ! became sulHciently strong to pro claim on behalf of the club the social os tracism of any member who .should par ticipate in a public dramatic entertain ment. H is not questionable that envy Mad some part in prompting this action , but It was accompanied with a direct reflection upon this morality of the stage and the respectability of those who adopt It as u profession. There is a do grcc of stultification in such a proceeding on the part of a dramatic club , but the in cident is interesting chiclly as the ex pression of a feeling all too general re- ganling thestago'and it.s people. That theslngu is inherently immoral it is presumed will not be maintained by any intelligent and entirely unprejudiced person. There is not in the prodvictiou of a proper play , or in the participation in such production , anything necessarily hostile to morality. On the contrary , it can be successfully shown that the Plage has been , and therefore m. y still be , u moral force. Jl has been used by this church as an auxiliary to its cllbrts. Hut it is nevertheless true that the charge of immorality against the stage has been made almost since acting became a re cognized art. Addison deprecated the moral deterioration of the stage in his day , nnd directed against it some of the severest censure of his polished pen. Nobody doubts that there was ground for it. The English str.gc of the past , under the patronage of a dissolute nobility , was unquestionably as bad as it could be. Even to-day it has its Violet Cameron and Fortcscnc , but it also lias its Ellen Terry and Miss Eahtlako. Docs any fair- minded and reasonable- person believe that Henry Irving and Wil son iJarrctt arc purveyors of vice ? The Frcncli stage has done more than its .share to brine the institution into disrepute , but who is there so uncharita ble and unjust as to judge all French actresses by the standard of Sarah Hern- lianlt ? As to the American stage it can be proudly aflirmcd of it that there , is not a stain upon the moral records of the < ; reat native actors whoso art has made it illustrious. The great majority of those who con demn the stage depend for their opinions upon tradition , or select for examples the few who dishonor their profession , ig noring Iho many who give it credit , char acter ami worth. Why think only of Kachcl iuut Ucrnhardl , among thegicat in ihuir art , and siica adventuresses as Cameron and Fortoseuc , and leave out of consideration Charlotte Ctislnnan , Eliza Logan , Julia Dcanollayne. Mrs. Mowatt , Alary Anderson , Ellen Terry , Margaret Mather , and others who contributed their gt nius to the stage and lived unsullied lives' Xo just judgment can be ren dered on such one-sided evidence. (3rant- ing that the stage is not free from condi tions favorable to the moral decline of these in its service predisposed to go in that direction , it is still to be said that the sweeping charge of immorality against the stage and those- who people it i ? essentially unjust and cannot bo sus tained by the facts. Jt noodb to bo ro- membcred , nlso , that the slagi' has not been greatly behind in the general march of moral improvement. TIIKHI : appears to bo a very loud ami earnest call for legislation from congress to regulate , leison or n-movo some ol the conditions that contribute most largely to the immorality of the District of Co lumbia. The statements that come from the national capital allow no other infer ence than that in moat respects it is one of thu very wickedest cities in this or any other country , and growing steadily worse. We 'are inclinu-d to hope that there is some exaggeration , but there can Do no doubt that Washington is very much worse morally than it ought to be , nnd that there is largo opportunity for improvement. The first stop which it is uroposod to take in the direction of rc > form i to enact a strong high license- liquor law. A bill for this purpose passed the senate at the last ses sion , and is.now in.thu house. If this can bo douo it will bo found comparatively easy to remedy other dillicultics in thu way of a boltor social condition. POINTS. Senator Stowait wants to'anncx the south crn part of Idaho to Nevada. The New York Star wants bcnntors elected by popular vote , Instead of uy the legMutuie , The lower hoiiso of Inn .Michigan legisla ture has voted to submit n prohibitory amend- incut , Chicago Herald : KehiAbkailunioer.its must enjoy a leadership whoso highest ambition appears to ! > u to usis the patty as a tender tor u'lmljlkMii laud rin s and combination * . . It Is said of Mi. JJrartloy , who wants to bo tlio republican candidate for jo\fruor of Kentucky , that ho was a colonel In the led- Oral army , and that ho Is ono of the beat Fougli-atnl-tuinblo oratois in the state. Now YoikVoihl : Thu Gould nion In Texas aio betting on Jiuland for senator. This slums that Gould is an extreme demo crat In Texas , though In other slates his po litical creed vaties according to circum stances. A bill has been Introduced In congress pro viding for boring Into the center ot the eaiib to sen what thcro is Inside. Let the work proceed Wo are satlslied that nothing worse than an Indiana democrat will bo dlscov cicJ. cicJ.A A political labor party lias boon organized at Cincinnati for the municipal campaign In April , lifty-ouo unions being represented at the Initial convention. Tbo Commercial Gazette u Inclined to think that the uow party will do jjood by forcing both the old parties to nominate Iioneu men. The tei m of Senator Wilson of lovvn , dors not cxplte until isy.i , but the legislature clio cn this > car will elect his sitrec < * or. Ooncre sman Henderson and Hopbuiii nnd Judges Iteed and Caipnnti'r will piobably bo caudidntea to succeed him. Legislator Call.tchan. ot Westmoreland county , rctiiis } hattln , is witching It iW , home for tanking a motion that tr ? > er bo dis pensed \\ith by the house. Probably ho ob jected for the same tcason once plven by a piominciit member of the Ohio smalt1 , with n * lleht ( format ! accent. Said ho : "Mr. Hrc-hlent , 1 object to hhinca broaclierto do my braying. When 1 vaiits any btn\lug done I cnn do It myself. " Van Wyoklsm Still Mvos. Ktliuiilrr < Jitlll. Van Wyck has been defeated , but V.\n Wycklsm still l\vc \ < > . No Ti nth lit tlm Iviiinor. Ktte r < lt IPoiH. It is not trim that Senator Kdmunds has rented the SI. IMul Ice palncc for alnter icildenrc. _ A Olrorl VotiVntilcil. . /'iciiifinf / Tilliiilif. Kvery honest man ana every honest paper In Nebraska should advocate the election of V tilled States scnaloi bydliectvolo of the people. _ _ _ bliotiltl lie Sen ! to ConnrnsB. I'll ItiiMiitidiinjiificr. . The Massachusetts lugltlntutn has a eom- mlttiv to expedite business. If the commit tee works the loclpe should bo sent to con gress. An UnsnocrHsfiil Sootlon , I'na'tilciirr Journal Piobnbly Iho least sueccsstul section of the Inler-statecommereo bill will bo that \\hlrh attempts to prevent members of confess from abklug for passes on the raiho.uls. A Hint to KIIII-.IM City. 7 ' < ni iis ridI'lmro. . I'acllitlcs torpotlinc oul of St. Louis \\111 bo increased by the passage yesterday of the high tulttBO 1)111. Yet St. Louis \\ill do well to take th.tt brldco In cveiy night , Jlr. Could may conclude that he needs it In his business. All Wool nnil n Ynril Wide. Why roiitinuo this tiallic In mumbeis of the legislature' . ' Kithei elect senators by the vote of tlm pcoule , or abolish the senate. The Hist would bean Impioveinent on the pH"-i > nt system , the lattcrbetter than cither or both. _ Sam < 1oncs in Boston. ; ' /itf.MjiMii I'icsi. The Hcv. Sam Jones who Is now evangel- l/.Ing in lo"ton ! , announces that he would liltc to make that town "a suburb of glory. " llo will not succeed , however , the people down there will never submit to it. Xow if ho wanted to make glory n suburb of Uoston t might be a du"cicnt ! matter. Sonic otltl Nnniew. Mr. Lie is a member ol the Kentucky loris- lalure II > - has near relatives in many other loclslatuies , tliough they do not all pass by Ihe family name. Mr. I ( ml go is cieditcd with having wotn the first silk hat soon in Dakota tenilory. It had a brlek in It. S. D. licet up , of Mcredoslii , Illinois , has sold out his business ami is pieparlng to move to Kansas. .Mr. Jiecrup does well In taking his captivating name to a ptohlbitlon st.Ue. Senator Einest Wnid , one of the leading members of the ( Icoigla losMature , died last week. There are so few earnest \\oids in legislative bodies , this 0110 will bn sadly missed. Old you hoar seaiul.il-mougeis Passing by , Hrcathlng poison In a uhfcpor , In a slsh' ' Moving eautinusly and slow , Smiling BW etl.v as they go. Never noisj glirtiug .smoothly as a snalce Supplne IIPIO and sliding there Tlnotigh tlie meadows Iresh and fair , Leaving sublle shlno and poison In ttieir wake. Saw you not the scandal-monger As she sat , [ teaming brichlly 'neath the rose On her lint ' . ' In her dainty gloves and dicss Angel like , and nothing less , Seemed she casting smiles and pleasant woids about. Onrp shi shrugged and shook her head , liaised her eves and iiothln.- said , When you spoke ol liieiids , and yet it left a doubt. Did you watch the f caudal-monger AJ thr-bill' ' Thiou h the music , ih > liin ! , beauty , Llcht and nil. Moving hoie ami moving there , With a whisper light as air , Casting shadows on a sister woman's fame- Just a whispered \\oid or glance An she floated thiongh the ilniico , And a doubt foie\er lianas upon a namo. You will hud the Fcandal-mougeis Uvi'iywhero ; Sometimes men , but often women , Young and fair : Yet their tongues drip toulest slime , And they spend their lelsuie time Casting mud on these who climb b } vvoik and \voilli ! Slum them , shun them as you go Shun them whclhnr Iiicli or low ; 'J'hey are but the ciitsed seipents of the em Hi. _ SU.VUAV OOHS1P. "Tin : musoof the great drop In the pi Ices of tango eattlo , " said Mr. Kiehnrd Fiovvt'ii , \\hlln in Omaha the other dav , " 1ms been hugely duo to the close monopoly which the Chicago parking hoit'cs and other buvprs have maliitalneil as air.dnst the inleiests of the eattlo shippers. This will adjust Itself in time , I am qulto sine , and 1 believe that the outlook for the cattlemen dining the next twoyc.us is hotter than It has been for a long time previous. Tne situation will bo adjusted by slaughter houses near tlm tanges and by shipments dliect to Hie sea coast. The Marquis do Moies has already S5,0u,0ii ( ) ( invested | n this and Kindled eiiteiprisea , and 1 am probab ) } giv ing you a pleco of nuwsy information when 1 tell you that within a short time Omaha \\lll pi otnbly seouro the beneiits ot ono ot his mammoth establishments. His slaughter houses at Superior , u few miles fioin Diilulh , nrnnlicnUy sliiilng | | diieet to the Hruo to- tall houses in New Voik. His Kansas Lily packliu hoiiso Is alro.idy ojioncil , and his Medora Catabbnlimeut has for some time been In full opoiatloii. Tito Marquis do Moies is a nuin with nullmlleil capital itt his command , with equally unli-nitod fuith In the industry which he Is stimulating , and ho has hehlnit him the unbounded co'ifldcuca of the ranch owners and largo stock growers. " "Tin in : has ahcaily Itcnn lnm'iiuited a llveh content for the two additional judge- hhlps which the inesent legisliitiuo will un doubtedly cia-do for this district , " said an O.nalu hmjer. "Theroaro three active can. duhitos In the held , and 1 have signed the netitlon.iof tuo of them. J hope ( iovernor 'J'hayor. however , vvdl not bo Inllueiu'i'd by petitions to any great extent , but appoint for the Omaha judgcahlp a man who in hU judg ment U the best qualified for the place. A vigorous and Industrious man Is needed for this position * a man who can do a good < ln's work on thobcneh. The ovcrciowUed cou- dltlou of our docket and the constantly In creasing business from Omaha alonoulll tolly take up the tune of all three Judges vvlto will hail from this county. The fouith Judge vUll bo Relucted from oim of the ouUldo counties In the itUlrlct " WAUU was one of my earliest friends" said iil : Porklns ( Melvlllo D. Latt- \vlillovl8ltlng In Omatia last \\eok. " 1 knew him well. 1 was associated with him for n number of years during hH short but billliant career , nnd slnco Ids death 1 haVe been In possession of most of Ids papers and a number of hH original manuscripts , lirowno was a genial , hall follow \vcll met , Ills humor was spontaneous anil was as fre quently ftxerelsed for the benefit of his Intimate friend's as for that ot the outside public. In fact , most of bin jokes weie tiled on his elrelo of acquain tances beTcic thev were Incotporatcd In hU Unions lectures , llo w.n reckless and Im provident , but he was the humorist who set the key to all American humor subsequent to himself. .S "I remember one Joke that rcall > didn't be- lonir to him , although ho got the credit lor originating it , " continued Mr. t'erklus. "Oneevening we were'klsMtig the bowl to pass it by' In a little restaurant In Now Yoik. when Attcmas was handed Manager Mt- IMP re's dispatch fmm San Francisco nuking him 'Wh.it will you take for ton nights' . ' ' llo was in lather a m.uidlin condition at the time , mid passed the dispatch over to one of his acquaintances , who slipped out of tin ) loom , and wiotc and sent the famous teply : 'llrandy 5iid water. A. Ward. ' The dis patch was published In every paper on the I'.ielilc coast , nnd ir.ivo Wmd a gie.vt reputa tion buforo Ids arilval. It w.is the means of coining him many golden dollars \\hen ho toadied the I'acllic coast with his lectuio on 'The llnbcs In the Wood , ' which hodeltvored In every town and mining camp. He made a second trip over the same chcuit vvlth the same lectute , only changing the title to 'Tlm Seven ( Iranilmotliers. ' The I'.xcllle coast people enjoyed the joke hugely. % "Artom.H Waid's humor was peculiarly American. Numerous attempt * have been made to translate it into other languages , bid they nil piovcd utter failure * . No poison ex cept one veised In our slang can npptccintc the keen touches , the bursts of wild extrava gances , the pccull.ullles of dialect , in which Artcmnt Ward was so successful In his writings nuit on the stage. Ho died before ho reached the zenith of his powers , but his humor still lives. It lives In the jokes of end- men levampcd bcfoio n new goneiallon wldeh imagines the witticism * of tSC'J-cn new and novel In those of 1SCO-07. Artemns Waul has Imi ! numerous Imitators but nocqti.ils. * * v "A large portion of the great humorist's wit lay in extravacancn of statement , but there aio writers and tale-tellers who lay no claim to being humorists who toll nioie 10- iiaikable stories to-day without having their truth for a moment called in question. In fact truth is slr.mticr than fiction. 1 heard some of these kind ot stories only a few days ago. Although widely extr.ivagant in detail , they bear the stamp of truth In cvciy line. A worthy 1'iesbyleriau minister who lives In Tcxnt met me last vvpek and told mo that Cleveland Smythe , an aged colored man of Galveston county , Texas , when a boy , tan a needle into his hind toot. The accident caused him no set ions annoyance , ami was forgotten. A few days ago Cleveland felt n sharp pain in his lelt wrist , and when nn in cision was made , much to his astonishment , a paper of needles worked their way to the outer world. The needles worn two doen In number and weie neatly done up and la beled. Mr. Smythe exhibits the needles to all who aio curiously inclined. V * "Not long ago while I was In Ho ton I had an interview with Chailes Kiancls Adams , who related to me , without moving a muscle , n verv rematkablo incident which occurred to a distant relative of Ills , Miss Bamaiilha Adams , of Adams , Adams county , Massa chusetts. This lady , ho said , two yeais ape swallowed n campaign llo. She thought llt- tlo of the matter at the time , but a lew days ago she was soi/ed with violent convulsions. The family physician was called , ' said Mr. Adams 'and finally extracted from the lady's right aim an ntito tnph letter from Mark Twain anil two photogiaphs of Kll I'cr- kius.1 * r * "Thc.sp two incidents beat any snake stoiies pioduceil during the year isvi. Hut I had a singular anatomical occurrence in my own family , which 1 am willins to back with ducat.s against nny competitor in n tree-foi- all championship. My llltlo son Willie , \\liouhewns tlneo years old , swallowed a sliver dollar having on It the date ot Wash ington's bhthday , Februaty 23d , As Wash ington could not tell n lie , and Willie bo- lougea to my family , the date did not natur ally agiee with him , but still he retained the coin in his stomach lor two years. Twice ho exhibited symptoms of poisoning. The other day , however , ho extracted from his left car a dollar and twelve cents , the twelve cents beine tlm interest on the dollar for two years at.O per cent per annum. " CAPTAIN KINO , nulliof of "The Colonel's Daughter , " in his biouchme entitled "Cam paigning with Crook , " tells nn amusinc and characteristic nnecdoto of Colonel Itoyall , now commanding the Fomlti Cavalry , but then lieutenant colonel ol thoThlid. Ho says : "A story is going the rounds of the camp which does us all good oven in this dismal weather. Colonel Itoynll oideied onucl his battalion commnndeis to put that battalion In camp on the other side of the ihcr , fac ing cast. "A prominent and well known habit ofthe subordinate olllcei was a tendency to split hairs , discuss ordeis , ai.d , In lliii' , to nriko trouble wheio Iheio was a ghost of n chance ot so doing unpunished. " 1'rosoiitly the colonel saw that his Insliuc- tlous were jiot being carried out , and not being In n mood for indued action , ho put spins to nis hoise , dashed ihiough thostieam and leined up alongsldo thu victim , with 'Didn't J ordei jon , * ir , to put your battalion In ramp along the rlvtti , facing east' . " " 'Yes , sir. Hut this Isn't a ilvcr ; it's only acicek. ' " 'Clock , sli ! Creek , sir ! What do you mean , Mil' It's a ilvci n river Horn this time lotth , by iinhr , air , Now do ns I tell you.1 "Tlicio was no luithor delay. " "Tho two lots , iw : feet squaie , nt the noitheast POIIIL-I ol Douglas and Fifteenth streets , known as the Hyeis' iiioieity ] , have an Interesting little history , " said nn old ret- tier ol Omaha jcbtculay. "Ju the eaily days Jlyeis and his puitnei , n Council liluir.s man , bought the'-etwo lotsloi a mme snug ntiout fitly dollars , 1 IliinJv. The ) also owned two lots in Council liluHs. When they di vided ( holt pnrtnei.shlp projeity , Hyeis tool ; tlu > Omaha lots ami his parinei the Council Blulfs lots In Hull's mldlilou. Hjers gave his partner the choice. A lew yearn nltei- wards llycis , who lind moved to Lraxen- woith , failed In business , and lib two Omaha lots were not put In the schedule of his assets : H the ) weie cousidcicd of HO little value that they weiu not worth bothering with. Jjcishoue\ei ! , leased the piopcrty for sufficient to pay the taxes , and lias continued to IcRho it up to the present time To-day thu propeity cannot bo bought tor 51ii. > ,000 , The lots In Halt's addition. Council Hlntls , which Uyers' paitner too ) ; , aie not vvoith sl.ooo. " * * * ' TaJk'iig about thu ical ostnto boom , " said a well-known man , "lomuuls mo ot a little etoiy 1 heard the othei day -nbout outside - side lots. The putchasoi of oneof thcs > > lots upon being handed his deed ask-ed the seller where ho should have thu document refolded. 'At 1'apllllon , Satpy county,1 was the reply. It docs begin to look as If Omaha would soon tike in Florence on the north and the whole of Harpy couuty ou the south. ' * * * "I wus somewhat surprised the other day , " remarked a wal eMatft owner , "to Unit onn agent , A. I ! . .Souer , who refined to handle whnt ln > cnllivllilcat propeitr. I ofTereil U.'m n liact of land some conslilciable ills- tanco from the city anil wanted him to put It on the market for me In town loin , the whole business to bn done In his name. He refined to list It , called It wild cat , nndsald ho didn't want the earth. " OMAHA Is to be congratulated upon the ncqulsil Ion of such business men as the Ylei 1- liigbiolhers Uobert ami A.J.YIerllus : who came hero last year from Chicago , orliiKliu with them Chicago enterprise nud capital. They hare established In this city nn Im portant Industry , the Pnxtou & Ylerllnc lion works , nnd hnve already built m > n lingo business. Mr. Uobort Vlcrllnff is ptesiileul of the Vlcihmr Vr McDowell Iron vvoiksln Chicago nnd A. J. Yleillngls secretary nnd treaiuter of the Omnhn concern. The two establishments work In unison and In this way secuio tunny navnnUiios. The Omaha woiks RIO ou n splendid busl * , being linely equipped , and by R recent purchase of nddl- tlonat ground they have tuoto extcnllvo hack facilities thnn any lion works In Chi cago. * * * "Titf outlook for building In Oninhathls year , " .said Mr. A. .1 , Y let ling , of the Taxton t Yierllng Iron wotks , "Is certainly very en couraging. Although I nm n now man In Omaha 1 confidently make the prediction that there will bo nearly twice as much building in this city this j ear as there was last year. 1 bnso this prediction on the fact that our company hns alteady taken a Inigo number of ouleis for stiuclur.il Iron vvoik , and nil for first-class ami costly bulldlng . I bcliovo that the Omaha work atone will kcop us busy throughout the entlio A WOMAN IN TI1I2 CASI3. MFH. Gassier , nn Oiuatm VVoinnii , Con- noctcU AVttli the /clglo HtilulOo. Interesting and In a measuto startling de velopments were pioduccd yasterday Uy the Investigation Into the causes of the suicide of J. M. Xelgloatthol'axton house on Thursday evening. A number of citlxens who viewed the remains nt Drcxol * Maul's umlcrUklnff establishment rocognl/od the deceased ns n lot liter resident ot Omnha. Mr. L. M. Van Stolen , the Uodgo sticot hardware man , to whom a letter was left by the suicide. arrheit In the city last night ( torn the westcin part of the state in response to a telegram announcing /.eiglo's death. He said tlinthohad known the deceased lor a number of years ns a quiet , liidustilous man , and know no reason why ho should be led to sell-minder. Mr. Van JScoten also received a telegiam from Mrs. Cas-sler , lioni Kansas City , asking that no disposition bo made ot the remains until slui could unive. It was to Mrs. Cassler to whom the snicldo had lett the tollowlm : note : ' ( Jo to a good lawyer and sue Melutyro for S'l.OOO d.tmago.s. Do U In this way ; llis com missions me ilur April 1. Attach them. Ho is with the Standard Llghtini : company o Clovelaml , O. " Mis. Cassler arrived from Kansas City last nighl. She went at ouco to the 1'uxton house , Xelglo having tulegraphetl her tb.it theie would bo a letter there for her. The letter having boon placed in the bands of the onionerMis. Cnssler inoceedcd to Coroner Diexul's office and asked lor the letter and to see Xolgle's remains. When she was shown Into tlie mom wheie the dead man was Ij lug she broke down completely and ciicd anil moaned pltcouslv until taken from the room by fileiiils with whom she is Mopping. Mis , C.isslei1 fs n tall , rather hniidsomo Cictuiau w oman about thirty > oars ol ngo. In insponso to questions , sno staled that she had lived in Omaha tor eight ycais. In Mai ch , 1SS5 , slio secmcil a dtvoico fiom her husband. Cbailcs Cnssler , and lor some tlmo nlteiwnrds kept a bnnidiiig house. Shu leiitod u laigo house tiom I'eler Melnlyru then In the commission business ou Kour teentb street , nnil purchased the luiiilliiro tiom him. At Mclutyie'.s leriuest she tool : Xeluln , his nephew , to board. Shb said : " .Meltitvro eameand a'-led mo it 1 would take his nephew to boaid , as bo wanted anleu quiet place. 1 assented and Xelglo came to board with me. Ho was n nice pleasant man nnd always treated mo so well , and 1 had had such a hard time wit n mv husband thai I commenced to like /clglu and wo Boon became intimate . In the meantime his nnolo t > romis d film n butter position , but did not keep his woid. and they qiianoled nud his uncle lefllsed to nay him four months' salary which w.is duo him. A dispute nt once aioso between them , and wo decided to leave Omaha nnd go llvo In some plii'si wheio wu were not known , so wo went to Kansas Citv. Wo HI rived theio last Sunday and took looms .it the California house , /elglft in the me.rn- time obtained a position as traveling sales man for the Twin HutnerOasolino company , of St. Louis. Wo weio to have been mariicd in a shoit tini" , nnd myself and my two chil dren weioso happy together. " When asked vvliy Xelglo had returned to Omaha , Mis. Cassler replied that Melnlyiu bail m.ido a claim auniusi 'KT propetty mid Xeiu'lo eamo to settle that ami get lour months' back pnv that Melntvio ovvi'd him. "It Is all Melntyiu's tnuJt , " moaned .Mrs. Cnsslei as she dlsappcaicd. vvjtli her It lends. It was hubseqtioly Icained that Mrs. Cnss ler owned pioncrly ou West Douglas stioet vvhleh she sold lecuntlv forSS.ooo. Tlieiiiiele , Mclntjie , who is elmrged bv Mis. Casslur with being icsponsiblo lor Xeiclo's death , hns boon in the commission Imslnos'i nt 2ia Fourteenth stieet nnd is now working lor the Slandaid Lighting company , of Cleveland , Ohio. The damtigo suit Hint /jiglo ( advises Mrs. C.isslor to eom- meuco ag.iinst him in tor allowed wtougluU possession ot her piopcity. Mr < . C s.sler lias two elilldien , n girl 11 yearr ol ago and a boy 0 ycain ot nge , iotb of whom in o in Kansas City. Xolglit's loiimlin mo still at Dioxol Ar Maul's , ami will proba bly bocatcd for by Mrs. Cnssler. I'orinllfi. .SuiiorintondunlVhitloek issund build ing permits yesterday as follows- Fi.mk O. Oleson , one and ouo-half htoiy fiamo dwellinc , Tvvonty-liiht. near Dorcis . S .100 I * . U. C.iruy , two story fiamo addition to Doran house , Howard near l lgh- teenth . ' . . r 0 ( ) J. i ; . Itiley , brlclc basement tol\velllinr , 51' ! N'oitb Tweiil v-liftli . 1,000 1'eler Lliidbhul , onoHtory tiamo cottage , Twentieth ami Doiean . tOJ John llullmir , ono story frame cottage , Lherry between Seeoiiii nud Fouitb . 10) ) V "I'lio Dcutsolior Clul ) . The Dcutschor club u'ovo its Initial oiitef- talnment last night at it ) rooms in ( iei mania hall.in thu form ot a banquut ant bull , sSlioitly aller 10 o'elocl ; inoro than two hun dred people , comprising the member * of the cliiband their filends , gatheiuil about the banquet Iminl and pntuok ot a bounteou.s mipjicr , Toistswcrea ) ileasanl fiMtuio of the ovcnlni' , and HID uveiiini8 ' pleasuio was cuiicliidod with dancing , which was kept up until a Into hour. Mtliinllon Without ICiid , Another batch of attachments worn Issued from the county court yesterday against thu gioccry him of J. 11. Johnson & Co. ou St. Maij'savonuo by various firms an follows : Sloan , Johnson & Co. havfi commeneed nn nctlon In leplcvin tosecuro $ l'Mi > worth ot goods Inknu by Shet Iff Cobiitn. upon whUli the plalntilln t-lalin to hold a Anollicr Canadian Koorull. JinsB : T CJTV , N. J , , Jim. W. The ( in- jimnla .Suvlntrs bank. No. 11 , clo-ied lusdooi.s this moinlng. Schnx-ilcr , seciet.uv and treasurer , U missing , and It is believed ho has cone to Canada. There is n deficit of SW.K : ( | ii the cash account. An optillcalioii will be madu fur a recfivt-i. The vlen-piubi- deut s.j > Hint the securities nro int.ict , and that the dwicit will not exceed thu figure * named. . KiniiKiiiH In Hnno. WASIIINOTO.V , Jan. J. The jury In the 1'mmons lumtcy trial rendered a verdict that Mrs. Kmmons U Bane aud capable of muuag- Ing her own affairs. Warmer , fair weather Is p dieted for to-tlay.
