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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1887)
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : EKED AY. FEBRUARY 25 , 1887 , THE DAILY -BEE PUBLISHED EVERY'MORNING. TETIMH Or SUIlSCrUPTtO * 1 tJnfly ( Morning Edition ) Including Sunday JlKR , Onn Year . , . 3100 for Six Months . . . B d For'Phrtw Montlm . . . . . . . . BC The Omftbn Burning Itf.K , mvllod to any addrc < 4 , One Vcar. . . . 20 OMAHA rimer. Xo.ni AND Wt FATWAM R NEW Tonic orricn. HOOM is , Tntni'.sii littii.insc WAXIIIXOTON orricx. Mo. til POUKTIEKTH Sunn All rotntnuntontinni folatlntr to nrwn nnd p < J torlM timttor Rhoulcl bo luMro&sod lo the EDI Ton or THK Die. BOMBERS t.rrrenst AH Imrlncufl letters nnd remittances should 1) Bddrnfisod to Tut : IIRB I'UIIUSIIINO COMCAST OMAHA. Drafts , chocks nnd po tolBco tinier to bo made payable to the oreltr of the conijmnj THE BEE PDBLISBlicliPHT , PROPRIETORS , E. nOSEWATEU. Eniron. THE BEK. Rworn Ktntoinont of Circulation. State of Nebraska , I. . County ot Douglas.S | < B < Oeo. B. Tzftchuck , socrctao' of The Be Publishing company , docs solemnly swrn that the actual circulation of the Dally Be lor Iho week ending Feb. 18th , lbS7. was a follows : Bftlurelnv. To ! ) . 12. . M.tlO Sunday , Feb. ia . 14,00 jslondny. Feb. II . . . 14,74 Tuesday. Fob. 15. . . . . 14.12 1Vwlnrstlny.Feb.10 . 14,07 Thurselav , Feb. 17 . 14,1 ! ! Friday , Feb. 18. . 14.08 A vertigo . 14. % uno. H. TZBCIIUCK. Subscribed in niv presence and sworn to b < fore mo this IVlh day of February A. D.lBb' N. I * . FEII , ISEALI . .NMnrv Public. Oco. B. Tzschuck , being Jlrst tlnly sworn deposes nnd says tlmt ho is secretary ot Th Bee PuliliPhliii : company , that Iho actual M eraeo dally circulation of the Dallv lice fn the month of Fubrtinry.lKSnlwn4 10,5'J5 copies for March , IbM , 11,5137 copies ; for Aprl 1SSO , 18,101 copies : for for May , 1880. ] 'J,43 copies ; for June. IbbO. 12.2SI3 copies ; for.Inh 1880 , 12SM copies ; for Auuust , 1B80. 12-ie copicsfor ; September. 1880 , lli.tt'm copies ; fo October , 1880. 12.0S9 copies ; for Novembei 1880 , 13,348 tonics ; for December , 1880 , 13,23 copies for January , 1887. 10,200 copies. OKO. I ) . TZROIIUCIC. bubscrlbeetnnd sworn to before mo this 8t day of February A. D. J8t > 7. ( SKAL. I N. P. FKIU Notary Public OMAHA has demonstrated that she i to bo the musical art center of the future WITH this great addition boom all ovc the country Four-akor would bo a popt Tihir prcsiduntial nominee. PATH'S manager know his businesi judging from the vast audience last ever ing , when ho named it the fare-well torn IT 1ms been ti long time since a voic from the Pacific slope has screamed , ' 'lh Chinese must go. " There must bo som < thing the matter out there. TUB preachers have ngrued that tli intor-stato commerce bill does not afTee their business. A short haul or a Ion Maul over their lines is free. THK old world hns been shaken up b nn earthquake. With both earthquake d dynamite over there , the attraction Europe grow less each year. THE new party will doubtless be buil ' ( veil. The architects have had mucl experience in trying to mulco themselves in all the other parties of the country. AN Omahii man who purchased lei cars of coai on the side trucks , am Waited for the price to bo raised , say mci who deal in real estate Imvo no idea o < ho road to wealth. THE Now Orleans exposition closoe two years ago , but Mr. Furnus , the Nebraska braska commissioner , continues with hi Exhibits. Ho is just now exhibiting a bil for a grab of if500 back pay. TUB man who cut a pair of bellow open to see where the wind came fror was no smarter than the Lincoln spot who purchased a copy of Jloylo lo sco i tfour jacks would beat a hectic Hush. Two years ago an unfortunate peg- legged sot was shot for attempting t rob the state treasury. This year no on has boon shot as yet , but the trcasur raids have largely increased in number : IT is said that unless several bills intre duced , relating to appointments an buildings not needed , are not amondei Gov. Thayer will Imitate Grover Clev < land a little , and try his hand at vetoing WITH women voting In Kansas , Cole down with the mumps , Ageo plcadin .for noimal schools and the legislatur threatening to hold out twenty day longer , Mr. Joseph Cook still gravel wonucra if death ends all. DAVE BUTLEH failed to unseat Holmes BO ho goes down to Cincinnati as a delegate gate to the "new party" nnd will b ready to go to the legislature two year hence. The front is heavy when Mi llutlor Is not before the people. O the B. & M. the other day a con ductor stopped his train and pitched i man off Into the enow drift. Ho ex plained it by saying the fellow had actu ully purchased a ticket , lie was told t < go back to Lincoln nnd get a pass. OMAHA is the greatest "show" town it Iho country. Last night 5,000 , people wen present ai the I'attl concert and nearl ; 3,000 attended the Havm-ly minstrel per iornmnoo. The Patti management tool in over ? 10SOO nnd llavorly about $1GOO YKAHS ago in Greece , the law requiroi each member of the assembly or legislature turo , iu presenting a bill , to do it with i rope around his neck. If the bill failce to receive favorable consideration tin member introducing it was taken out am liung , Alasl that Colby did not live Si that olden day , THE papers that are lighting the charter tor in the interest of the paving contract ors1 ring have not dated to deny tha Con Gallagher wrote his own pavinj contracts , secured their approval by tin board and pushed thorn through tin council within a very few hours. Con i n very accommodating person , A LEGISLATIVE : manual has boon issued Its pages are filled with priceless pane iryrio and gushing encomiums. Tbc bool cells ut the price of ono dollar and eacl member mentioned'iu the pages will taki Eovoral volumes. Far reaching , indeed is vanity fed on throe dollars per day. i mamml relating to the lobbyists , if wjthii its pages the truth were told , would uiak < n book nnd a histpry tUo state could ncyc forgot. Adding Innnlt to Injnry. The-action of the state senate on tin railroad bill presented by Mr. Sterling ai n , substitute ) for the railroad bill wliicl the house had parsed ten days ago vlr ttmlly decides the fate of all rallroae ! rccnlntion bills for this session. If anj further evidence were wanting that tin railroads have absolute control of a ma jority of the senate it has now been fur nlshed. It Is needless to point out tin methods by which this was done Every honest man in Nebraska believe ! nnd knows that improper means havi been used to subvert the will o the people. This is the third legislature elected on pledges of railway rcgulatioi which gocs-Into history branded with i base betrayal of the people's trust It I : ne > t a matter of party or locality. Part ; pleelgcs have proven a rope of sand am no locality approves the surrender ti railway domination by its chosen rcpro scntatives. Two years ago when tin proposition to create a railway commis sion was submitted lo the people it wo ; voled ; down by a two-thirds majority In dolinnco of this popular decree , tin railroad bosses marched boldly upon tin floors of both houses of the Icgis lalura and forced upon the stall an abortion which the pco plo had only two months befon rejected. The fact that no man who hue helped to put through this piece of jug glery has been held to answer for hi criminal interference by any court ant the fact that the men who sold out tin people have gone scot free is rcsponsibli for what has happened again. The worl of the railroad lobby this winter has bcci more open and more criminal bccuusi men who engage In this outlaw work an not afraid of the penitentiary and in real ily are not likely to stand any the worsi m what nowadays is called good society ( Jotting high salaries from i corporation makes men hon able , even when their Inisines is no more reputable nnd lawful thai that of the burglar and pickpocket. The now railroad bill which a majorit ; of the senate hus foisted upon that bee at the dictates of the railroad attorney ; only adds insult to injury. The Slcrluif substitute , while not all that the peopli would wish , hud this merit in it. Tin bill lowered the present exorbitant loca rates a fraction , and prohibited all tin known abuses that beget difcriminatioi against people and places. While con ceding to the railroads the comnnssioi feature it had a redeeming quality in tin reduction of rates and prohibition o higher rates than those established in tin bill. The mongrel railway bill whicl the railroads have ordered their servant in the legislature to pass is an impudcn and buicfaccd sham. It continues tin railroad commission without limiting an ; of the abuses from which relief is sought Now that it has become a fixea fact tha wo are to have no railroad regulation ex ccpt such as is ordered by the monop ! ; managers , the legislature had bettor faei about , stop wasting money and time , kil off all jobs and steals ami adjourn as seer as possible. It is bad enough that llu people haye been disappointed and snli out. They will have all they can do for the next two years to pay their tax bills am interest on mortgages. Tlio Judiciary The judiciary committee of the house has , wo are told , held a session will closcel doors to consider the Omalu charter. Why the committee shoule hold a star chamber council over a bil that was referred to it on its legal ant constitutional bearings , nobody can ex plain. The reporters of papers that have opposed the charter profess to know jusl what was done inside the committee roon and from them wo gather that several amendments have boon almost ununi mously agreed on. These amendments dc not in any way scorn to have any bearing upon the points which this committee wa created to pass upon. They have , it ii reported , decided to recommend a re duction in the aggregate area of ou city from thirty to twenty-tire squan miles. They will recommend that tin power of the city to secure parks filial not extend outside of the county limit and by their abolition of the propose ! board of public works they propose ti break up the park commission and prevent vent the creation of boulevards ane parks around the city for the next tw < years. They have inserted a now rail road taxation clause which was draftee In u great hurry and Is known to bi defective on the points which the dele gallon and citizens agreed to incorporate They havesubstitutcd the printing clause originally drawn by the charter committee too under Mr. Poppleton's spiteful dicta tion. This bit of judicial committee jugglery glory is as impertinent as it is bungling Suppose a bill proposing to apportion dls trict judges or relating to the lower o ; higher courts of the state had been re forrcd to the committee on cities ane towns under some pretext , what would be thought of the course of that committal if it undertook to dissect the bil and substitute provisions and amonel mcnts with which the commit tee from its very make-up wai incompetent to deal ? And yet eight 01 nine lawyers , living mostly in villages o less than 3,500 population , who don' know any more about the wants o : Omaha or any other largo city than thoj do about the Chinese language undertake to tinker with n charter patterned aftci the charters of loading cities and framce by men who have lived here from liftooc lo twenty-five years. What excuse la there for such mockorj at common sense and commor decenoy ? Omaha has a delogalioi ot the capital responsible to it : constituents. She pays one-tenth of the entire state taxes on property within horlimits , Does the legislature propose to run rough-shod over the reproscnta tivcs of the leading city and permit B committee of non-resident lawyers tc niauo themselves merry over tearing u : her charier ? Why should the members of tlmt committee persist in handling n bill with which they hare no legitimate business unless it is for pure epito work and subserviency to corporate interests that are dominant m Lincoln ? A Few IMnln Words. About four months ago the Omaha / ? < publican changed hands. The now pro prietors and their editor received a cor- elial and warm welcome from this paper. Our compliments were neither back handed nor double-meaninc. We were sincere in congratulating that paper and Omaha upon the infusion of new and vigorous life , because wo earnestly desire - sire 10 gee the Omaha press improved in quality and elevated in its tone. Tlicrc lias been no rivalry for ycnrs be twcon this paper and the ether dailies nnd there can bo none until they pro d uco better newspapers in every rcspcc than the Brn. : In the very brief period since the change has taken place in the owncrshii of the Jtcpttblican , that paper has uttorlj failed to meet the promises held out tc the public. As n newspaper it ha piovcel itself no bolter than It was undo the old management. With that failure wo have , however , no"concern. . Wo only have to deal in this article with the man who is reputed to bo its responsible - sponsiblo editor. Mr. llothackor cairn to Omaha with a reputation as an abli and brilliant writer , and wo supposce him to bo a man of honor nnd high re spcclabllity. As such ho was troatee until ho gave himself away by his owt conduct , Wo always judtro n man b ; the company hn kcops , nni the company Mr. Rothackor lias kep In the Lincoln lobby has not been vcrj choice or reputable. Inspired by an in sane notion that his advent in Ncbrask : was to revolutionize our entire politica system , the Republican editor sought te force his way to the front In a coalltiot with elements and men who have made Nebraska politics almost a national dis grace and u stench in the nostrils of tin people. The outcome has only been dis abtrous to his paper and to his own in ilucnco. His bold and reckless misrcpre scntationsof Iho charter ami its content : have very naturally compelled us to him die him and his confederates without kic gloves , lie boasted openly last week it our streets thathc and Morrisscy ami tin contractors had ticel up with the railroad : to "do up" Roscwater in the legislature Is this the lancuagc of a high toned jour nallst who professes to advocate pure ; government ? Would an honorable man join hands with the enemies of good gov eminent out of pure personal ambitioi to bo rocognizcel as n great leader ? Doe : it bccomo a man who has not yet become a voter of Omaha to force his ill digcstce and snap judgment views upon the fun damcnlal laws of this city ? Hut most remarkable of all is the attempt of this comparative stranger ii Nebraska to introduce the ceido ii Omaha. Coming from Kentucky he imagines that ho can only gain public re spect by challenging some editor te mortal combat. Such high otrunt "honah" will no longer puss for br.iverj at the "Confcd X Roads. " Manhood ane bravery are not guagcd in this section bj the standard of the bravo. The man o courage stands up for his conviction ! and advocates the right against all oelds Pistols and coffee for two have long age passcel out of elate among men of rea honor. Once for all wo say to the roar ing swashbuckler , that the BEE will con duct its columns fearlessly hereafter a ; before. Its local contemporaries maj combine in the futurcas , they have in the past , to bravely heap up mountains o slander anel abuse on erne man and tlior squirm anel squeal when their bruta course is resented in plain language. these men want notoriety or fame let then build up their own papers by honest cf fort ana enterprise. Arrogant Contrnctors. We are asked to stale when and where there has been any crookedness or bae work by the contractors' ring , wliicl seeks to defeat Iho charter and wants te control the next mayor , council ane board of public works. Wo will cheer fully respond to the request There was something very crooked in the peculiai relations between Con Gallagher , ai clerk of the board , and Con Gallagher the partner of contractors for the Far nam street improvement. There hai been a mysterious method , to call i by a mild name , in the Jetting o the contracts for paving , curbing ane guttering this year. Mr. Gallagher drcv up his own contracts anel accidentally as it were , they contained an allowance for extras which other bidders coulc never have secured on a fair and square deal. There was bad work and wrctchee material in the Farnam street pavemcn between Ninth and Fifteenth , laid bj Murphy & Co. In any other city half o the paving stone would have beer rejected as rough and ill sized As the result of this rougl pavement Farunm street crossing ! had to bo relaid with ether material ane the street itself is almost too rough foi wagon travel. After taxing the property owners thousands anel thousands of dollars lars the pavement will have to bo relaic and the rough stones cast out within : very short time. The same contractor ! have forced upon our people , by all sorts of misrepresentation , miles upon miles o wooden pavement which will bo worthies ! within n very few years. Complaint ! are nlreaely coming in about the wretchedly uneven laying of this pave mont. and the spring thaws will shov what wo have for our money. The con tractors have found this sort of thine very profitable and would like to have I continued for a few years longer. Thoj have had their own way with the boare and inspector * so long that they actuullj have the arrogance now to etiolate thai the charter should bo made for their benefit ofit alono. Hewitt's Hostility to Labor. Mayor Hewitt , of New York , who waf elected as the pronounced opponent ol the labor candidate , seems elisposcd tc lose no opportunity to emphasize his lies tility to labor movements , as If to reas sure those who elected him that the ] made no mistake in their choice. In hi. ' letter read at the dinner of the board o ) trade and transportation on last Mondaj evening ho dwelt upon the alleged par alysis of business resulting from the late strikes , and characterized the action ol the men who directed the strike as a usurpation of power which it is the dutj of the business community to resist at whatever sacrifice of time , money and ef fort may bo needed. It transpires that Hewitt sent u letter to bo read at u ban quet of the Brooklyn democratic club on Tuesday evening , in which ho deplored the fact that certain democratic leaders had pandered to the labor vote , the ref erence evidently being to Hill. After de liberation and the refusal of the gov ernor to attend the dinner if the letter was read , it was decided to suppress it , anel only the spirit of this contribution of one of the leading democrats ot the coun try to thd enomles of labor will ever become - como a matter of public knowledge. Mr. Hewitt is several times a millionaire , and for that rea son cannot perhaps . be expected to have .much sympathy with the straggles of labor to better its condition , but lucwis'ulcr.inc these public utterances regard is not to bo had for his porsonn concerns and feenngs , but for his rels lions ns a public man representing proir incntly n political party in ono of it great strongholds. It is a fair Infercnc that In these cohmSunlcalions Mr. llowil voiced the se.n'liiiipntof those most Int : inato with him in political and ofl'iclr councils. Ho tvoiild hardly have vcn turcel to make them without a knowlcelg that they would give no offense to th convictions of those whose confidence h is chiefly concerned to possess. Whn conclusion must tUo workingmeu of Nc\ York and the country Inevitably deriv from the demonstration of antagonism i : this quarter ? Can they have any fait In the democratic pretense of friendliucs when ono of the foremost leaders of dc mocracv , occupying a position of powe and Influence , seeks to slrenglhon am stimulate opposition to thorn by chargiiij upon them the whole responsibility fo the disturbance and losses of business Mr. Hewitt may represent only nn ck incut of the democratic party , but it is very considerable anel a very inl1ucntli : clement. It Is now the most powerful ii the councils of the party at Washington anel it is in full sympathy with capital a against labor , A ( JrniHl Ovation. The magnificent reception \Vhlc1 Omaha has given to the peerless emcei of song , Aelellna Patli , surprised evci the most sanguine admirers of the great cst prima donna of the age. It was ai ovation which the great artist hcrsol cannot fall to appreciate anel nlways re mcmbur. In point of mini bcrs nnd receipts it wa the best house to which Patti has sum during her present American lour Omaha in this instance has demonstrate ) that she ranks among the foremost Amur ican cities iu Ihu love of music and hlgl art. The corelial greeting extended ti Aeleliua Patll will over redound to th credit of this city. It affords strikin ; proof that the worlel's greatest artisls cai rely upon Ihc mosl liberal patronage ii this rising metropolis of the great west L n They .Menu Iluslncss ? Some suspicion is thrown by our Wash ing dispatch of Wednesday upon tin action of the house of representatives 01 that day in adopting a substitute to tin senate bill , passcel several weeks ago providing for a limited policy of rctalln tion towards Canada ? There has been i good deal said , since the senate bil passed , regarding the inlluenccs tha were at work in tlio house to defeat re taliatory legislation. It lues boon reported for example , that owing to the I'm an ol a connection of the UulinonU with tin Rothschilds , the chairman of the lions- - committee on foreign affairs , Mr. Perr ; Helmont , was extremely desirous to avoii any hostile action that would imperil thi conncccion , nnd that hU anxiety in tin matter has caused the delay in reaching a consideration of'this subject. It ha been charged that'ho ' carried his solici' tudo in the matter to the white house anel is believed to have made an imprcs sion there. At all events , it appears ti have bccomo pretty generally umlerslooe that a change had taken place in tin views and desires of Iho president , nl though as to this nothing very defmiti could be learned. It is a , fact , however that the house foreign affairs com mittee , of course at the instance o its chairman , appealed to Secre tary Manning for his views rcgtmlin ; the senate and house bills and asking suggestions' . These were duly given , ac companicd by the draft of a bill intendcc to avoid the ambiguities which tha sccro tary thought to exist in the other meas urcs. The communication of Mr. Man ning was moderate in language and ju dieial in tone , and features of It migli doubtless bo regarded as indicating i disposition to modify the original alii tudo of the government. But on tin whole it seemed a fair anel judicious viev of the situation anel ils re'quiremcnls. The measure adopleel by the honso as t substitute for the senate bill is in large part ielontical with the draft submittci by Mr. Manning. It provides for abso Into non-intercourse , and is therefore much more radical than the senate bill which limited the policy of retaliation te the vessels of the British Dominions o : North America. The extreme clmractei of the house measure is the ground foi suspecting the sincerity of its promoters It is bolleycd by the republicans gcncr ally , according to our dispatch , to have been framed with the conviction that 5' ' would not bo accepted by the scmlo which is undcrslood to nelhoro lirmlj to ils own bill as meeting all the requirements of the situation. In thii event there would bo a conference , aue if this failed to agree , as of course il would if each house instructed its eon ferces not to recede from its action , al legislation on this subject would fail There was some republican opposition tc the bill , on the ground that the senate measure was adequate , but it received the full republican vote present on its passage. It is quite possible that the result maj como as apprehended. It can harelly fali to como if the senate refuses to accepl the house measure. But wo are not able to detect in the action of the house * deliberate purpose to bring aboiit sucli a result. The supporters of the snbstl' tute lalkcel with apparent fairness and candor. There was. no evidence of in sincerity in their advocacy of the meas ure , and while wo may agree that for the existing exigency tlw senate bill seems tc bo all that is required ! or ought properly to bo attempted , it must bo granted thai there is a wide chance for a difference ol opinion on this pnuit Our grievance is certainly a very suripijs one. Under nc circumstances should wo continue to beat insult and outrages wito no other ellbrU for redress than complaints and pro tests which are unhe'pded. But there is a wso : limit to a policy of retaliation which even the inoftt powerful nations may not prudently disregard. The time is brief in which the present congress can act finally upon this question , and the country will know the result in a few days. TIIK FIELD OP IM1USTUY , LaU year the Mononsahela valley , western Pennsylvania , furnished 01,000,000 bushels of coal. coal.An An electric light company in Pittsburc is turning out 4,000 electric lamps per day , and will soon bo able to turn out 8,000. The earning power of capital has decreased since 1SGO from 8 to 4 per cent , while the laborers' condition has'greatly improved. Manufacturers throuehout the etnto ot Ohio are greatly encouraged at the prospects for an n'bundixnt and cheap natural gas sitp ply. ' The Inylnp of several pipe lines ha been projected. Dayton manufacturers arc expecting th completion or a fifty mile pipe line from tin Cns wells. An cl.k'lit Inch plpo will bo used It will be Intel In a trench three feet deer nnd will travel up and down hill. The French government has ordered i very larpo supply of drop hammers to bo usci for the mnnufnctmo of rlllos , because the ; turn out interchangeable parts in larg quantities nnd reliably uniform. The silk nnd velvet inanufnclurcrs In ( ler many report a very heavydeinnnd nnd hn proving prices , nnd Increased export trade t Kngland. The silk Imports to the Unltei States fe > ll oft" from 540,000,000 In value In 1SS to S2Stw.OOO last year. JlnyO Is the day fixed for n competitive tes of brakes to bo used on cars. There are i large number of competitors , mul the prom sed patreuinfiofortho successful compctlto Is so heavy that a largo number have buei stimulated to enter upon the contest. Natural sns has been compelllnc coixl pro Oncers in the natural gns region to crowi their coal Into western markets , nnd thl hns resulted in reducing the output of 1111 nola coal durhiK 1SSO to the extent of 600,00 tons. Thu seams therearo low , nnd the cos of mining Is high. It Is rumored that several lanjo European silk manufacturers are nbenit to establish fnc lories nt l''ittrson. ' ; N. J. Several silk mill : are running on short time , anticipating i lolnl shut down fur lack of mnterlnl. Tin Western Silk nssoclntlnn met In St. Loni : nnd found Ihc ludiistry In a healthy condl tion. tion.Natural Natural cas lias InUcn the place of coal It 10,000 houses In Plttsburg nnd Alloclinnj City. About S5'J,000 ' cubic feet of ens are bronchi to those ; eItleselally. Inking the placi of nbnut 'JOO.000,000 bushels of coal. Pro fed For Leslie declares that natural gas la n vnn Islilng phenomenon. The supply has giver ou ! nl certain places. The new Kn'ght of Labor building nt Jifln neapolls will have live store-rooms on Its lirs lloor , which are already rcnteel. The thin lloor will bo for Iho assemblies nnd com mitten rooms. The fourth lloor will bo the lecluioroom. The ntuicturo will bo built oi St. Louis pressed hrlck , trimmed with Ohlc blue sandstone. ' 1 lie walls will bo two fee thicK- , and the building will cost ST5.0UO. Pew new liulnstilal establishments arc bevng started in Ne.w Knglnnel in contrast with SlK.OOO.OOu invested In like enterprises during the past year nt the south. K. 11 Clioynev , a well known cltl/.on of Now Hampshire , says tlmt cotton maniifneUirlim hns se-i-n probably Ils be-st days In Ne Hampshire ; that more mills have been bull : In ' .Jconsin since the war than nro now it operation In that state * . The Boe'8 Goort Work. lliuttngt Independent The Omaha Uin : Is engaged In the gooi work ot exposing the unholy practices of the Western Jlutual Benevolent association ol Beatrice , nnd If half llio BKK charges up tei that institution bo true , the thing ought tc bo "squelcheel" instantcr. Jinn wio ) rob the people of their money In the manner set forth by our Omaha contemporary should be taken care of by the authorities. A Menagerie nt Tjlnooln. Ken i set 8 City Jmmiat. Lincoln , Neb. , citizens are figuring with c St. Louis man to locate , n permanent menag erie In Lincoln. The Nebraska state legls' lature does very well while It lasts , but It I ; only In session a portion of the time nnd merely whets the appetite of Lincoln for n menagerie that will bo permanent. That Insurance Fraud. Columbus Democrat. The Omaha Hun Is after the scalp ot the Western Mutual Benevolent association. This is extremely proper and will make tin Bun popular. Kxposes of fraud by a news paper which will save hnrd-oarned money te the people is what makes the paper jiarticii larly valuable. Brln ? your every charge home , until all such institutions arc a thlnp of the past. Sleep A Sonnet. nose Unwnril. Wo sleep and dream. Who has not seen nnd met ills heart's desire in that charmed palace- sleep , And hiK'ged the happiness he could not keep Or kissed nn Ideal he cotiM never set In place of waklnc facts'.1 Tims , from the fret And toll of life we enter , wandering deep Through the long corridors , where dreams that sleep Our souls with gladness wile us to forget ihat they are dreams. Here In the sleeping place AVe comu Into the presence , face to face , Ol'longlncs realized ; huro stretch our hniiels 'Jo touch some wcll-rcineuibcrod form o yore. And speak the words wo should have spoke before Our friends passed from us Into distant Janets. STATE AND TKIIIUTOKV. Ncbrnskn Joltings. Kearney's water works are completed. A scheme for a now hotel is budding in Norfolk. Kearney expects a branch road south to lloldrego and the Kock Island exten sion. sion.A A flock of tin whistle gamblers is the latest evidence of a boom in Nebraska City.A . A pit of singing sand has been found near Ilushvillu. Choirs will be supplied "free gratis. " Nebraska City is determined to be metropolitan iu all things , even to n burnt dibtrict. The Farmers' Horsn Importing com pany , of Unadilla , capital $10,000 , has been incorporated in Otoc comity. The old Nebraska college in Nebraska City , comprising live buildings and half a block of ground , has been sold for ? 5,000. Mr. D. YV. Hiplcy anel family , pioneere of DCS Moines county , Iowa , have moved from Burlington to a farm near Hastings. Schuylcr's fire department is now ready for business , having purchased feet of hose and four rubber overcoats. A supply of fans is promised. The Union Pacific extension up the Wooel river valley Is nearly all graded. Material for bridging and track laying is on the ground awaiting the appearance of ppring. The Keishvillo Standard has moved into now quarters , and the editor de clares , in double leads , that ho Is now "abundantly able to receive cosh on sub scription , " Herman Lindeman. of Milford , expressed - pressed his contempt for high license by soiling liquor without a permit. It took .fflOO and trimmings to cut his acquain tance with the Sloeumb law. Burglars raided Yano & Zwamcik'n hardware store in Wither Tuesday night and captured § 'J50 in cold cash , besides § 100 worth of knives , razors and revel vers. The thieves are running loose. An airy costumer in an interior town advertises , "Ladies , if you wear ono of our glove titling corsets , you will wear nothing else. " A black beauty-spot on the right cheek might bo added to give it color and variety. The amendment , however , is not insisted upon. The Nebraska City News has been re organized as a stock company. The veteran Thomas Morton , who has been connected with it since IK I , retains an interest. Messrs. C , M. iluebner and Kel I ) . Marnell are the now members of the firm , The News will bo enlarged nnd generally improved nt nn early day. Iowa Items , The Jeffries mining company of Keo- kuk , capital $250,000 , jias been incorpo rated. A coffin factory is to be started in Dubuque to compete with Davenport crematory. Thefo wcro twelve marrjngos , thlrt ; three blrlhs and fourteen deaths rccordc in Linn county last weiok. The bonus of $18,000 required to seem the location of tl.oKc.ck Island shops ! Davenport has been subscribcel. A government architect Is at work i Kcokuk on the now plans and nrepan lions for the now government buildin there. The startling news comes from Bu lington that two mules were killed nef there In n bout with n locomotive. It consoling to know that the locomoliv was fatally bruised. Mr. C. J5. Hnnlinld , of Cedar Falls , seeking to trace the whereabouts of .k Knierson. The lost man is described r about five feet in height , bad scar eve left eye , bltio oycs and a trlllo gray , woi n light mustache , nnd about thirty ycai old. Mnutnnn. Emma Abbott is doing the territory. For the month of January the Urin Lummon produced $180,000. Silver bar shipments from Butle Ini week aggregated In value $1-13.803. ' , The Montana sampling worka ( Helena wore incorporated last wool capital stock $103,000. The copper works at Buttes closed fo want of salt , the snow blockade havin stopped transportation. George Thirloway , of Unite , wr dragged to death by being cutight in tli stirrup of a saddle horse which ho we riding. It is reported from Choloau county thr 1,000 sheep belonging to Hays Bro : strayed from the herders during the hit storm and wcro lost. D. C. Corbin , Iho well-known Motttnn capitalist , purchased Iho line of thcCcmi | et'Aleno Slc'iim Navigation & Transport. tion company for between ? 50OOU au $00,000 last week. The loss of stock in all parts of the tei ritory is enormous , lioports Irom tli Boitlelor country ami ether localities ar unvarying tales of intense cold and ur usual depth ot snow , thickly elotled wit the carcasacs of fro/.en cattle , sheep an horses. The Pnolllo Const. Two of Iho bomb-throwing carmen c San Francisco have been jailed. A rich coal Hold baa boon discovere within live miles of Albuquerque. A ring Is on exhibition in Los Angole which is said to have belonged lo Marti Luther. Two wild swans , weighing thirl pounds each , were killed near Woodbine : Cal. , recently. Bolter anil bigger diamonds have bee founel at French Corral , in Nevad county , than in any other part of Cal iforuin. The fears of a dry season in wester Nevada are gone , anel millmcn un ranchmen can now count on a prospei ous year. A woman of Santa Cruz has sued he husband for divorce , the chief ground fei complaint being that he neglected to sa1 craco at his meals Indians in the eastern part of Ncvad cat the llesh of the rabbits they capture make robes of their skins anel get bounty on their scalps. There are now in Yuma county , Cal ifornia , nine irrigating canals , complete ! nnd in course of completion , that wil furnish an abundant supply for an aggregate gate of 150,000 acres of land. The case of Hoelgcs. the fiend who car rieel dynamite to the Palti concert in Sai Francisco , is on trial. The Chromcli says : "Wo enter a protest in advanc against any of the sentimental nonscns and llummcry which attends so man ; criminal cases being used in the cast ) d Hodges. The man is simply a will beast , who was willing to slaughter : hecatomb of innocent men , women ane children to gratify his own thirst fo blood , and it is only by the grace o modern civilization anel the inbon respect for law which characterizes th American people that he is entitled to trial at nil. " _ "The Mutual dcnavolcnt. " OMAHA , Feb. I. ! ! To the Editor of th BEE : I have rend with a good deal of in tcrest your fearless expose of that note rious "soap bubble , " the Western Mil tual Benevolent ( ? ) association , of Beatrice atrico , and ils capital stock. Will yoi permit mo to say a few words about tin capital stock ? What is It for ? To com ply with the staluteH of Iho state , whicl provide that any life insurance company organized in this stale shall have a paii up capilal of $100,000 , , securilies for thi : amount must bo on deposit with thi state auditor. But this law was no passed for such a concern as this. Thii "mushroom" la not an insurance com pany. They do not protc-nd to insure they do not issue policies of insurance only cerlilieatcs of membership They promise nolhing in thoii certificates except that they wil act as a kind of collectiiu agency , lo solicit aid for the beneli of the family of the deceased that is , te pass the hat around anel let the rest o : them chip in. The amount thus chipped in is what they promise to pay over tc the family of the deceased , ami not one cent more. There is but ono sure thint in the whole policy or certificate , that is the amount shall not exceed a given amount. It reads : "They promise , etc. , to pay , etc. , n sum not exceeding $5,000 , ' or whatever the maximum amount may bo. The maximum amount is printed in largo display letters , while the preceding wonls , "not cxcctyllng , " are inserted in small typo , anel never referred to by their agents. It will bo KOCH that it is not dif ficult to comply with such a contract. If the $100,000 so-called fcccurittas or deposit with the auditor were nil in twenty-dol lar gold pieces , and if the beneficiaries o ( those who suppose themselves insured in that benevolent concern don't go over fifty cents as a death loss they could not touch ono dollar of the company's secur ity or capital , as the contract or certifi cate eloes not HIIV how little the associa tion may pay. it only provides for a maximum , not a minimum. amount. Is it not strange that an intelligent people will allow themselves to be humbuggcel by such a swindle , particularly when tlin history of the past is covered with the wrecks of such impositions ? There are histories of over 1,300 elcael co-operativo ) or assossmnnt insurance associations in the United States within the last twenty years , and 1 challenge the benevolent Mr. ttabln to give mo the name of ono that lived a elo/.on yeiars eloing business on the basis that his concern does. They call It "mutual , " and advertise a paid-up uapilal of $ 100,000. How can it bo mu tual anel Mill have stockholders ? Great American mutual life insurance com panies have no capital stock. They nro mutual , and such swindles us Mr. Sa bin is managing have simply stolen their names. uroiiN SITKI , . Detath of Patrick McGrulli , Patrick McGrath , a bachelor sixty-live i'earsold , who has been in the employ of ho Union Paul Ho road in this city for the ast eighteen years , and has recently ivorkcei for County Commissioner J'Kcefo , died Wednesday in St. Joseph's lospital. His funeral will bo helel from onunisaloner O'Keefo's re.sidencu , South Thirteenth Btreest , at U o'clock to-morrow ifUirnoou. Colgate' * Ou8hiiro | .JJouqnet , ibsolntoly pure , cxejui'sftely porfuinod ) opularitv unprecedented.Tlie soft and lelteato akieia. : - . ' . . Everybody Glnel eif the Success of Iho Hopionnnlo. ICorj/rfofil / lSSiluJamt ftweloh IMwttl. } PAIIIS ( via Havre ) , Feb. 23-lXow York Herald Cable Special to the lir. ) . ] Tin Herman elections have cvitiscd tremendous oxellement In Paris. Kvery Frenchman lelt tlmt upon the result depended the ques tion ot peace nnd war/ Almost every man , woman and child elicnv a brcnth of relief when the papers announced that the Ills- marck septcnnalo was safe. By nn irony of fate without a parallel In the history of Prance , the country rejoices in HlMiiatek's triumph. No ono could Raze , as 1 did ( lilt iiiornliifr , on Iho tens of thousands of Paris * tans as they h listened to their occupallons em foot , on eimnlbusscs , on the tiaiuwnys , niul on the submban railways , nit reading their newspapers am ! exclaiming : "O'csl la palx , ' " without fccllnc convinced that the irc\t : mosses of the population sincerely wish for peace. 1 have talked to-elay with over ix do7.cn statesmen , iliianclerslanel journalist ? , mnoiiK whom I may cite M. Clcmcticeau , Baron Alpholso do Kotlmchlld , lu 1'iey- ctnct , L. llebnrd , a senator nnd editor of the Temps , and M. Alatoln elo la Forge. They wcro all neloxv over Blsmnrck's success , which , although by no means decisive , l.-i counted upon ns sufficient to Have the sep- tonnnto nnd to guarantee ) peace In the Imme diate future. IT STUADIKS 1M11CICR. Baron de Itotlischlhi said : "The bourse to day Is firmer tlmn It has been for weeks past. Tjio icsiilt nf the German elections Is enushiK a steady rise everywhere. " DO NOT WANT WAR. M. Clemcnce'au said : "Franco slnceiely wishes for pence. The nation does not elrenm nt the present of attacking Germany , ami now that Prlnco Bismarck Is sure of Ids sop- tennato It Is safe to bcllevo that Germany will not attack us. The elections show that the Rreat masses of the German people1 , like ) the great masses of the French people , elo not want wnr. This Is leassurlnc for the mo ment , but no observer can fall to sco that Prlnco Bismarck has now upon his hands n most crave domestic contest between the military aristocracy nnd the Gorman people that must eventually lead to the destruction of ono or the other. This Internal struKglo which Germany Is now undergoing Is the real danger , nnd it may before long assume nn aspect in which Prlnco Bismarck can only gain his partisan ends by plnnu'ln ? Into war. The result of the elections In Alsncn-Lormlno Is such ns to cause thu heart e > C every Frenchman to vibrato with pride. However , that Is a subject uuon which it would bo more prudent for mo not to speak about nt greater length. AT I.KAST TKMI'OrtAllY I'KACH Another prominent statesman nnd nn ex- prime minister , who is noted for his keen diplomatic Instinct nnd caution , but who desired mo not to mention his name , told mo that the German elections meant pence for the next few months. Ho added : "JSvery week gnlncd Is a step towards permanent peace , for Franco has only to wait and watch for a favorable opportunity , nnd slio may be alilo to win bnck her lost provinces without oven flchting for them. This may seem lo you strange , but with the present generation much of tliu bit ter hatred that renders now any Idea of compromise utterly beyond the range of practical politics wilt cease to exist , anel llicro is no reason why a republican Germany may not feel obliged to make n question oC war It Franco wcro to quietly tear up tlio treaty of Frankfort , by which Germany holds the annexed provinces , just as Ilusala toro up tlio treaty ol Paris at a favorable moment nnd regained , without drawing a sword , nil that she had lost in the Crleaman war. But all that Is in the distant future. What wo have to coiiBralulale all tfurorio upou now is the distinct assurance uiveil by Prlnco His- marck since he him savcil his suplemnnto. " WHAT T'llt I'APKIIS SAY. The Dcbats sa.-a : "It Is better for the peace of Uurppo that the scptciinato should have won the victory. But It would liavo been still better for the traueiilllty ] nf Kuropo If tlmt victory had not been won by resell ing to such measures.1' The Figaro says : "Tho milliards of 1871 have launched German Industry upon a pros pcrous basis , which the nation cannot now permit to bo disturbed by war. That Iho German nation desires peace is the inter pretation that must be accepted from the re sult of the elections. " The Temps says : "The magnificent mani festation of the prouel , bravo pee > plo of Alsace-Lorraine , alter a lapse of sixteen years , arouses all our sentiments losuchn degree that we nro deprived of the liberty of expressing any comments. U'o bow clown before it , and In sllnnco wo salute IL" THIS KKIDLING IN 11OMI3. How llio Herman Klcutlona Will Af fect the Vneicnn. ICnpiirtoM 1587 by James ( Joidnn llcimeU\ \ JtoME , Feb. S3. I Now York Herald Cable Special to the BIE. | The result of thu German elections Is now known anei the Vatican barring the sadness caused by the Illness of Cardinal Jncoblnl Is jubilant. Vet the politicians son less In the losses suf fered by the center party tlmn was oxpcclcd after the Vatican's Interference ) in favor of Prlnco Ultmiarck , In Roman diplomatic cir cles the danger of n conlllct In the east Is be lieved to bo as great as over anel there Is lit tle doubt that in the event of a general war Jtnly will follow the lead of the central pow ers and of Kngland. JN CABKOF IIKPKAT. From n singularly wall-Informed source I learned that Prince Bismarck was quite ) pre pared to dissolve tlio relchHtag once , twice or even tli rice , though ho might have walled n little beforu having resource to the first dissolution. It the third dissolution did not clvo him a working majority ho would have gone nt nil lengths , so my informant aftniiea me , and war with Franco would then Imvo been certain. Till : TKHPOHAI , I'OWItll. Bcccnt discussions ns to the possibility of nn eventual restoration of the temporal 1 lower have caused much Interest among Italians. It Is rogaieloel even nt the Vatican nan dieam. But is there ) no middle course which woulel serve ns a basin nf reconcilia tion between the Vatican and thu iiulrlnul' , ' Most people would answer "nej. " Vet there * are sanguine folks here who fancy ditch u basis might bo found. A I'J.A.f 11V III'.CONCn.ATION. A scheme of reconciliation h bului ; much tnlkeel nbout just now ut the Vatican , which I would have reason to believe woulel bo con sidered hy tun holy FCO. The chief clause woulel bo the restitution to llio pope ) of nil the Jlomnn area on thu right bank of the Tiber , Including tit. Peters and thu cnbtlo of St. Angelo , with a narrow strip of Iiind ex tending from Homo to CIvlela Arcochin. To nvold wounding Italian sentiment thu cessa tion might bu disguised as a t > aa ! of the accu- mllpted subsidies annually voted for the pope uiieler the Jaw of Gasortecs but never accepted by his holiness. Thu general out line of thin plan Is not entirely new , U has been advoc.itc.el by many prominent cedes- bc.istlcs , among others , If 1 am not mistaken , Mgr. Capel. Borne would still liunense re main thu Italian capital , whllo Innensuof lorelgn complications the pope could bo ns- siireei the full communication with the ouler world , which , according to thu vutlcan , might ; tny moment be made Impossible. Afternoon I'lrc. About 2HO : yesterday afternoon a fire broke out in the Eureka laundry , conier of Sixteenth and Iznrd streets. It wnsWon irot'iinelor control by the liremon. The 3rigiri. IH not khow.iiand the duinuga nuiouuU to'about ? 10U ; ' , . . ' .