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Rr STr ' < ( 7 f i-w- , ( " i-r 7fRT. . , - ? ' - 4 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY. APRIL 2 , 1887. THE DAILY BEE , PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. or sunscnipTiov Dnllr ( MornU * Edition ) Including Sunday rorhi'r Months. . ! ! ! ! ! " ! ! ! ! ! ' . ! ! . ' . ' . ' " . ' . ' ! ! ! o e orThres Mnnths . 2 W The Omaha B ndi7 lice , mailed to any nauross , Ono Voar. . . . 200 OMAHA Orrtrit. No. in AND l FAHVAM flrnirr. JJtwr venn owe * . linovi r& , TRimtMt lirii.rnso , WA8UI.SUION otrici , No. in FUUHTCINTII BTUIIT , Ail communications tainting to news nndcdl- torlul tnnttor should bo lul'lruisod ' to tbu Eut < ton or TIIK UKK. BUSIKCSS MCTTtOS ! All biif IncM Inters and romlttnneet nhould tic KdJresiod to THE HER I'Ufu.tstiiNU COMPANY , OMAHA. Drafts , chocks ntirl postofflco orders to bo uiado payable to Uio ordtr at the coiurmuj , T E BEE POBLISHIlTciPMT , PROPBIETORS , E. KOSEWATKK. EniTon. TIIK DA1IA' BEE. Sworn Rtntcinont of Glroulittlon. Stale of Nebraska , 1. , County of Douglas. i * * ( Jpo. B. Tzschuck , secretary of The Ilet Publishing company , docs solemnly sweat that tlio actual circulation of the Dally lice lor the week ending Mar. 23th 1Kb ? , wus as follows : Saturday. Mar. 19 . 14.71' Bunduy.Mnr. BO . 13.07' Alonilay , Mnr.'Jl . 14byc Tuesday. Mnr.tt ! . 14.tl5 : Wednesday , Mar. Si . H. ! I Tliumfav , Mar. ! M . H.KiC Frluny , Mar. 25 . . . 14.501 Average . .TuS tiEO. II. ' 17.8CI1UCK. Subscribed andsworiOobefuie 1110 thlsUGlh day of March A. D. , 1B37. N. P. KBIT. . JSEALI Motarv Public. Uco. B. Tzschuclt , being first duly sworn , deposes nnd says that he is secretary of The Dec Publishing company , that the actual nv- erace dally circulation of the Dally lice foi tiicmontli of March , IbSO , 11,637 copies ; foi April , 18bO , 12,101 copies : iorfor May , 1880,13 , 489coplns ; for June. IbbO , 12,203 copies ; foi July. ISfcO , 12)14 , ! ) copies ; for Aiicust , 18bO , 12.4M copies ; for Soptomlier , IBJfi , 13.KV. copies ; for October , IbbO. 12 , iS > copies ; foi No\ ember , 18hO , 13,348 ropies ; for December , ISM , 13,337 copies ; for January. 1S87 , lO.UOC copies ; for February , 1887 , 11,193 copies. , Gr.o. H. TZSCIIUCK. , niib crlbed nncl sworn to before ino thisOtli day of Match , A. 1) . 1887. fSKAL.I N. P. VKir. . Notary P ublic. THE Mormon ciders arc awaiting witli much interest , the enforcement of the anil-polygamy law. Mil. Cotnv presented Mr. Souley witli | n watch. Mr. Colby perhaps needs ti j watch as badly us nny man in Nebraska CIIAULEY GUEKNE nnd Will Gurlcj made speeches durinetho closing houn of tlio legislature. This was a spectacle for pods , men , and the gamblers. Mn. IIuMi'iiuur MOVNIHAN wants to be chief of the Omaha metropolitan police Mr. Moynilmn will have to possess hi : BOU ! in patience until after the city elec tion. IT WAS fitting that Mr. Holmes shoulc present Vundcmark with a gold-hcadct cane. Vandcmark needed caning , and besides that ho was the follow who kcp Holmes In the sent rightfully belonging to another man. THE mileage fraud has been abolishci \y the legislature just in time for oui county commissioners. Now that the passes have been called in , the mileage allowance and three dollars a day woulJ not pay as well as a salary of $1,800 i year. V IT is a matter of regret that that eli veteran who has been the chief clerk o : the lobby , General Vandorbura , rcccivct no present from the admiring boodlon who bcstowml gifts upon Slaughter , Con flcr , Seoley and Cook. Mr. Vandcrbuir no doubt performed his duties well. IN an Interview at Atlanta , Georgia Mr. Thomas Naat , gave it as his opinion that Mr. Cleveland would bo nominate ! in 1,883 , and the mugwump press woule support Lira. The inference may b < drawn accordingly to this , that Uarpcr'i Weekly has given the great cartoonis orders to got ready for the next cam paign. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Iv the BKI : has been correctly in formed , a few of the boodling members of the defunct legislature will bo madt happy within a very short time. Tin programmes already completed usattrear evening of enjoyment to all intcrcstet except perhaps to subjects upon when indignant and betrayed constituent ! will vent their pent-up wrath. THE San Francisco Alto certainly hai its eye particularly on Nebraska when ii wrote , "people in all states where logis laturcs have just adjourned are like the guests at a hotel. Tlio landlord ordered the waiter to sco if they were done din nor. lie rcconnoitorcd and reported ; "Doy is free eaten do dinner , but dej isn't free cussin' it yet. ' " TIIEUE is something suggestive in the laot that when a very rich man is aim his poorer relatives attempt to insinuate themselves into his good graces by praise and flattery. After ho is dead , however , if it transpires that they have been for cotton in his will , the patianco of honcsl people is tried by having contestant ! claim that the man was insane years be fore ho died. THE woman suffragists of Massachusetts sotts grow wickedly sarcastic , beoiust the bill granting the hobby was votci down in the legislature of that state The following resolution shows tlio angoi of the defeated fair ones : llesolved , That wo thank John W. Halle nnd Charles II. Symonds for the unconsclou : aid they have given our cause by their oppo sition to It In the legislature. Unless the sulVnxgists of Keibrasks would scorn to imitate , this is a men suggestion to them. UuniKO the closing hours of the No brnska legislature , the basement of tin state house was put to an entirely nov use. Oil rooms were opened and main tallied tin oughoui the night. The capito was too far from city saloons and thi hour grew late. Many of the statesmen anticipating a full night's work , knov that it would bo too long between drink unless some such wi o provision wti mado. In the dim , dull gaslight sorni members of both housas drank , as Lr ) Watts has said upon an entirely difl'ercn subject , "themselves away to ovorlastinj bliss. " The nine list was complete , licet checso , beer , crackers , bcor , sandwiches beer and more beer , while the bottle scarred yetcrans partook of whisk ; straight , suppllnd In quantities inoxhaust ibln. And thus filled with vllo decoc tions the school of muddled statesmei closed its slxty-dayhfe. BccreUry Falrohllcl. So long at the national treasury and Its momentous policies are to bo directed by the gold men of Now York , state the people of the great west may bo con gratulated upon the selection of Mr. Charles S. Falrchild , of Now York , as the successor of Mr. Manning. Mr. Fairohlld's course as acting secre tary lias been directly the reverse of the methods conceived by Mr. Jordan , and O. K.'d by Mr. Manning. When Mr. Mantling was paralyzed , the sudden power of Mr. Jordan , the so-called treasurer , fell from that surprising mag nate , and ho as suddenly collapsed into ono of the obscure successors of the Im mortal Spinner. Mr. Manning , it is said , goes out because - cause Mr. Cleveland has lost confidence in the foresight cf his friend. Mr. Man ning , in 1885 , taking the advice of Mr. Htich McCulloch , the high priest of the golden calf , opened before the new pres ident a vista of currency contraction , silver demonetization and property shrinkage , to which Mr. Cleveland cheer fully subscribed being himself a Now York man , and greatly desiring that New York should elraw from 10 to 20 per cent of surtax on the rest of the country. For thirteen months following the close of McCul- loch's interregnum , a Niagara of taxes flowed into the national treasury about seven millions a week. True , a stupendous outflow went on , but only to the extent of live millions a week. Each month during that ternblo fiscal period of 1885-80 , eight millions of surplus mon eys piled up , mainly in the vaults at Now York. Ono hundred and ninety-three millions of sight paper remained in the hands of Now York bondholders , on which Mr. Manning , with a generous hand , paid 3 per cent of interest. Not withstanding the groans of the whole west , this frightful contraction and wicked payment of interest to bondhold ers was continued , until the lockup at the treasury , in May , 1880 , amounted to $290,000,000 of surplus moneys , and the private hoard of the Niuv York banks reached $70,000,000 above the requisite reserve. Then , at the very worst , Mr. Manning , on entering his carriage , was stricken by the hand of God , as the middle-ago doc tors would have said , and Mr. Morrison gave notice to the financialoligarchs that the gold conspiracy had fallen of its own weight. Mr. Morrison's joint resolution to "empty the treasury" was a makeshift at best. It bade fair to empty little or nothing , but , poor as it was , there were clerks of the gold-power , with certifi- cates-of-clection , ready to denounce the joint resolution as "crack-brained , " "Lazardotts , " and , particularly , as "inexpedient. " Ono great senator wrote himself on the records of congress as fearful lest there bo a deficit in 1880-87. A deficit with $290,000,000 surplus ! think of that ! So fully did President Cleveland sympathize with those arrant gold mon that ho put the joint resolution of congress into ono of his capacious pockets , and may bo carrying it yet , unless the goodwifo have made n clear ing since the adjournment of the Forty- ninth congress. The legislature had ordered the payment of a little of its sight paper j so angry was Mr. Jordan that ho roared like the bull of Bashan. Ho wont to the Hot Springs , vowing all the way that the country would rise up and call him blessed , and that a panio worse than that of September , 1873 , would strike us all about the time ho crossed the Arkansas lino. But this present Mr. Fuirchild came in as acting secretary , a few bonds were called not paid and it killed nobody , not even Manning or Jordan. For the truth was that the good goldbug , Charles J. Folgor , an honest man , had made ar rangements looking to the total extinc tion of the 3 per cents by Juno 1,1880. Nobody has called Jordan blessed , to this day not even the ungrateful bond holders whom ho served. Coupled with Mr. Fairchild's disposition to carry out the behests of congress and common sense , the forty-ninth nnd fif tieth sessions have fallen tooth and nail upon the great pile of dollars. The sur plus has melted away almost as fast as it came in. A close study of the figures would lead to a suspicion that congress hasuiado arrangements to spend eight mil lions a month more than over before , uven when the interest on the public debt was thrco times as great as it is now. But this frightful extravagance has done some good. It has let out the money it has forced the payment of sil ver ; it has raised the value of farms and houses and lots , and diminished the un righteous Incrcmout-of-valuo of bonds and mortgages. Lot Mr. Fairchlld , as full secretary , proceed rather uioro bwiftly in the path ho has followed. Let him look at the alow decrease of our annual interest- charge. For instance , in 1881 it was reduced $18,000,000 ; in 18S3 , ? 11,000,000 ; in 1833 , $13.000,000 ; in 1831 , $5,000,000 ; in 1835 , $3,000,000 ; and in 1830 , only $800,000. The Wall street coterie which has fashioned our expensive treasury policies cries : "String out the thrco per cents I You'll have nothing to pay off after they shall bo gone. " But that will not bo Mr. Fairchild's fault. That will bo Mr. John Sherman's fault , and the fault of the other financiers who so foolishly funded the four and four and a half per cent bonds. Some other good Now Yorker , Mr. Isaac H.Maynard , it is said , will bo made first assistant secretary and the quota of eleven Now Yorkers in the head places of the treasury out of forty-eight for all the states and territories will bo religi ously kept up. The west cannot expect a law-abiding bi-raetalhc treasury policy until it shall gain the government of the country. The centre of population is on Its way from Cincinnati to St. Louis. When it shall cross the Mississippi , Now York will have to let go. Until then , a secre tary like Mr. Falrchild , or the late Mr. Folgor will do. We must not have anj McCullochs , or Mannings , or Jordans bo they democrats or republicans. Foi republicans have duties to the country , as well as democrat * . The Now School Law. The now board of education act foi metropolitan cities will puzzle a Phila delphia lawyer. Tlio bill provides thai the board shall consist of fifteen member : to bo elected at largo. Nine of those members are to bo elected on the flrsl Tuesday in Juno , 1887. Tlio other six arc to bo elected in 1833 and 1830. No pro vision is however made for nny member of the present board to hold over , and consequently the now board will this year be made up of nine members that are to bo elected m Juno. This muddle may afford an opening for litigation. Nine members are moro than a quorum for a board of fifteen. They can rnnnaga our school system for the next year just as well as it has been managed for the past few years by the present board , which is constituted of nine members. The original bill was in many respects not what was desirable. The election of members tit largo , instead of electing them by wards is certainly nn improve ment. The repeal of the provision making membership a salaried olllco will also meet popular approval. No matter how small the salary , it would afford induce ments for a scramble among professional ofiicc'huntors. But we cannot comprehend why the entire old board has to bo legislated out at this time , and why no provision was made for electing member ; ! in their steael this year. Either somebody has blun dered or some designing schemer has in an underhanded way laid out n pro' gramme which will prcsontly materialize , In the main the now law will prove satisfactory. It inaugurates a commcnda bio now departure by separating the election of members of the board from the regular city election. The former takes place May 3 and the latter in June , This will have a powerful tendency to elivorco the school board from -politics , There will bo no moro trading in ward caucuses and city conventions between candidates for city ofliccs and candidates for the board. This is ono slop in the right direction. Wcntcrn Trip. When Mr. lilaino started on his west crn trip , political interest nnd curiosity were on tiptoe. The natural conjecture was that the Maine statesman had pro > jected this journey in order to ascertain the state of the public pulse , and enliven its activity , with respect to himself. The course of Mr. Ulaino thus far has dissl patcd tins notion. Ho has carefully cs chewed politics , both in his public ami private talks. Ho has justifled tlio as' suranco ho gave at the start , that hi- western visit is purely of a private na lure. Ho has found it impossible to avoid saying something : , but ho has said noth ing that squinted in the most remote 01 indirect way toward politics. Ycstorelaj ho addressed tlio merchants of St. Louis , and his views regarding the business am financial condition of the country will be read with Interest by all that class of per sons who are chiefly concerned in this topic. Ho should to-day bo on his waj to Eureka Springs , whcnco ho will go tc the objective point of his journey , Fori Gibson. On his return , at the end of the present month , his route will be by waj of Omaha. The wisdom of Mr. Blaine in refusing to talk politics at this time , and in mani fcsting tlio least possible concern foi political matters , may not be apparent tc his more ardent followers , but none the Jess his policy in most judicious. Ho un doubtcdly feels that ho eloes not need si new boom , and no ono understands better than he the possible disadvantages that might result from instituting ono. Why should ho now concentrate the whole lire of the enemy upon himself' Is it not obviously wiser to permit others to divert this fire , and by standing aloof to seem not to antagonize them in the party ? There are two conditions whicl the shrewd political vision of Mr. Elaine must discern as most important , or abso lutely essential , to himself , and these arc harmony within his own party and the silencing , as far as possible , of advo'rse criticism. Those would bo impossible if ho should now engage in politics. Ins word , Mr. Blaine can afford to bo quiet and apparently indifferent regarding political affairs , and perhaps moro that any other conspicuous public man would bo a loser by the opposite policy. Mean while nobody seriously believes that Mr. Blaine idoos not very earnestly desire to bo the next republican candidate for tlio presidency , or that ho proposes to leave the determination of that question wholly to chance. Ho may not utter n word of politics in the next twelve months ; he may oven do the improbable thing of ab scnting himself in Europe until the meeting of the next republican national convention. But whatever may bo the surface appearances of his policy , it maj bo depended upon that the undercurrents wiU How steadily nnd strongly. toward the attainment of the aspiration which is as potent with Mr. lilaiuo now as it has over been. Death of a 1'oot. John O. Saxe , the famous humorous poet , is dead after many years of suffer ing. There was a time when his rhymes were as familiar and ubiquitous as are the writings of Bill Nye to-day. And there is something moro to his renown than the passing sunshine of popularity. Ho did not have the genius or humor of Oliver Wendell Holmes , and yet there was a clover turn to the rhymes of Saxo and an case and grace in his speech thai will surely rescue him from the oblivion in which the last four years of his life seemed to have boon spout. Ho was old over thrco score and ten and belonged to that eminent coterie of Atlantic Monthly mon who , from 1859 to 1873 , brought American litcraturo to the atteii' tion of the world. It must bo remem bered that it is only for about fifteen years that Europe has been willing to read Longfellow , Whittler , Holuios , Lowell , Hawthorne , .Irving , Cooper , Miller , Pee , and that lot. Like Scott , Moore , Swift , and manj another great literary people , Saxo died at the top. Yet brain work does not usually work destruction of the intellect. Flames like these of Hugo and Gladstone burn to the socket. John G. Saxo brought his pigs to the beat market. Ho wrote rhymes thai would please the people , like Gay's and Bayloy's. He was a good lecturer among the great ( such as Boochor and Gough ) , and his death follows on the heels ol many of the old school of good literature so many that wo should cherish those who remain with us. The rooent treatment of James Russell Lowell In Chicago , which did that 11 lustrious poet no harm , put Chicago ir the light of a city unaware of the assured position of her guest. These mon who have ornamentcet their race cannot remain main forever with the living. Wo nilghl gain a good word from posterity by hon orlng their declining years. Saxo and Holmes wrote humor whet wit was not cheap and when moro than fools laughed. Tuo world had not then divided into the lively nnd the Bovcro. Mon of the middle ago ewe him A tear. Men to como will desire to sco his grave. Young men of to-day would not do badly to read his verso. HAVING been relieved of the constraint imposed by the tenure of ofllco law , it is said that the president is getting ready to make a clean swoop of all postmasters of the presidential class. With this in view it is staled that the postmaster gen eral has put a force , ' of clerks at work compiling n list bf'lho presidential post- ofliccs which haw ot boon changed dur ing his adtuluist&tjon , together with any information at" hand concerning the ofliccs and tlio postmasters in them. II the estimate bo correct that not moro than 8 per cent of the presidential olliccs are llllod by republicans it is evident that the administration has done very well , despite thn tenure of oflico law , to which as a matter of fact Mr. Cleveland novoi paid any attention. In view of the re cent local surprise wo are disposed to re gard the Washington report as worth ? of some confidence , and wo hope it is well founded. It would be much better fet the republican parlvif thtirc had been no law or policy to ejbstruct the administra tion in making itself thoroughly demo- cral'Cl _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Mil. WATSON , of Otoo , came to Lin coln , when the legislature opened , witli the solo object of ro-olocting Senator Van Wyck. Ills first effective effort was tc move the election of Brail Slaughter in the republican caucus by acclamation. Brad was a bitter opponent to Van Wyck and a man after Bill Stout's own heart It was Mr. Slaughter who induced the lieutenant governor to defeat Van Wyck by that infamous ruling denying mem bers the right to change their voles on the first joint ballot for senator. When the legislature was about to die , Mr , Watson , in an eloquent speech , lauded Mr. Brad Slaughter to the skies and pre sented him with an "elegant diamond stud. " Otoo county should extend tc Mr. Watson a grand ovation. TIIK interest payments of the 1st ol April , being larger than over before , wil create a How of now moneys westward A truer expression would bo that we rnaj expect a return , as new investments , o the products of labor which have beer passing castwarel for thrco months. Tin banes , trustees and investors of the cast ern states will bo compelled to sock no\\ \ fields. The BEE may offer to their atten tion the opportunities which the business center of Omaha affords capitalists of th < first class. Practically , Omaha Is in tin condition of Chicago's burnt district The business and the people are hero awaiting accommodation. MASSACHUSETTS'h'as ' an annual fast-da ] some time in April , generally in the first week of the month. Of late , the legisla turc , which meets every year , has been overrun with petitions to abolish the cus torn. Fast-days in America , as national affairs , have been very rare. The Wednesday after -Lincoln was assassi natcd and a day of prayer for Garfield nro the promincnt events of that kind ii : the last twenty-two years. Joseph How ard , who lately had an altercation with Mr. Pulitzer , of the Now York World , was during the rebellion , the author of f proclamation of fasting and prayer whicl ; cndod with his incarceration in a bastilo , DOUOLAS COUKTV will have live com missioncrs after the present year. Three of these are to be elected next November This is a decided improvement. The three-men's syndicate has been aitogcthci too close a corporation. EvEUYBoor was bought gold hoadee canes and watches , except poor Shcdd Ho was obliged to content himself will the chair and desk used by him during the session. THE members of the Legislatnro die not walk homo. Their passes were ex < tended until April 4lh. After that the railroads will have no further use for the statesmen. Ohcr Lands Than OHM. The British house of commons has beer engaged throughout the week in discuss ing the crimes bill , which wont to a second end reading last night. The indications now are that the mcasuro will bo passed , though in all probability it will bo loaded down with amendments which may re tard its passage. It is evident , however , from the expressions of tlio Irish leaders that they expect the success of the meas ure and are preparing for the momentous crisis. This bill differs from the main coercion measures which have prccodcc it in two important and vital respects In the first place it is the sternest ant crudest of all the stern and cruel bills drawn up for the purpose of coercing Ireland and the Irish into submission te laws they never sanctioned and to people to whom they are indebted for nothing but injustice and despotic tyranny ; in the second place it is not , like its prodo- COSSOES , permissive , but absloulo. It abolishes ishes almost every right of the subject It is , in short , an outrageous attack on the liberty of tlio Irish subject ; it re duces him to a position almost as degraded - graded and abject as that of the Uussian serf or the much-pitied subjugated Polo. In the house of lords on Thursday night a bill was introduced , providing for the purchase of their holdings by tenants in Ireland , which the Pa'Vnollites and many liberal-unionists denounce as a most un just mcasuro. Thus In another direction the present ministry manifest their un willingness to deal fairly with the people of Ireland. ' * * . Except occasionalfnowspapor opinion the European wars'paro | seems to bo dead. It would scajn ) that Russia has reached the conviction that with France as her only possible aljy , it weld not be WIBO to bring aboutconflict just yet ; bu as Bulgaria is talking of proclaiming her independence , and is busily engaged ir arranging for n loan to pay for 25,00 ( shells she has jusl contracted for wl tl the accommodating Hcrr Krupp , and foi hundreds of horses which her agents are buying for her in Hungary , the c/ar'.1 paticnco may again Uo dangcrouslj strained. As it is. ho is the most worried man in Eurojio. Revolutionary manifes toes appear on the walls of St. 1'otores- burgand Moscow with irritating regular ity , and although the i.olico have man aged to discover ono or two manufactor ies of explosives , they have not yet un earthed any of the seorct printing prcssoa which must bo at work under'tiieir very nose. A second unsuccessful attempt ia the lifo of the crar must have served to render his existence still moro miserable , and this has been followed by other evoute which show unusual activity among the nihilists. The Imperial per sons are being guarded with greatly In creased precautions. \ In Knglaad attention is once moro turned toward Atglianlstan , where Rus sia's ceaseless intriguing is to all r-.ppcar- nnces about to bear fruit which will not have pleasant savor in the mouths of Englishman , Tlio ameer , while urging his Mullahs to preach holy war against Russians , is quietly spudlng to secure the big subsidy which ho receives from the British government for being friendly with England , and every farthing in nd- elition which ho can screw out of his sub jects. He has also contracted the ob- joctlonablo hoblt of forgetting to pay his soldiers , anil of cutting the throats of nil who presume to ask for or hint at a out- tlomcnt of outstanding accounts. A re bellion may therefore bo looked for nt any moment , which may end in Russian occupation of Herat ami Cabul , or more likely in the seating of Ayoob Khan or some other Russian puppet on the ameer's throne. No wonder , therefore , that Russian patriots smile and rub their hands , and thai KatkolV , the irrepressible Moscow edifor , confidently predicts that England will soon have sirch a busy time in tlio far cast that her means of intrigue in Europe will bo considerably dimin ished. V Tlio reported intrigue for tlio over throw of the present French ministry has not thus far developed any serious phase , but its existence is by no means incredi ble. It is not to be supposed that the rather remarkable career of General Boulauger has failed to make him ardent and influential enemies , be-sidcs there are several aspiring statesmen in France to whom private lifo is not a desirable con dition. The conspiracy discovered at Madrid seems to have been a somewhat serious , if not very formidable aft'air , as shown in the fact that among these nrrcstcel were several police officials. It appears , however , to have been success fully crushed anil with so little publicity as to have avoideel extended popular excitement. \ Emigration from the United Kingdom is still on the increase , 230,101 persons having sailed from the various ports in 1836 against only 210,313 in ISSn. About CO per cent of the whole number were Englishmen , and about 10 per cent wcro Scotch , so that the 01,411 Irish composed only about 30 per cent of the whole num ber , whereas thirty or forty years ago Ireland contribvtcd from 00 to 70 per cent of all. The change in proportion is not due so much to the fact that Irish men cmicrato loss than they did , ns to the fact that Englishmen emigrate much more. The United States continue to at tract about two-thirds of the whole num ber , despite all the efforts of the Canadian authorities , antl Australia and New Zea land come next , almost as largo a gum- her seeking homos in tlio latter colonies in 1830 as in the years of thogold discoveries. Statistics covering a long perioel show that the emigration from each part of tno United Kingdom has certain per sistent features. Thus the Irish woman is as ready to quit her country as her father or brother , while there are two men for one woman among Englishand Scotck emigrants. On the other hand , the English or Scotch emigrant more often goes to his new homo with his chil dren than tlio Irishman , only about 11 per cent of all Irish , emigrants being children , against about 18 per cent among the English and more than 20 per per cent among the Scotch. The back- flowing stream of immigration into Great Britain is much larger than is generally supposed , from 80,000 to 00,000 persons annaally going from the United States to England , many of whom doubtless arc people who found that they were unfitted for lifo in a now country. % The beauty of the imperial party at Berlin last week was Princess Mathilda of Saxony , the oldest daughter of Prince George of Saxony , who is the younger brother of the king and heir to the throne. The princess , who is twenty-four years old , is not only beautiful but also cloyer and extremely accomplished. She is known to have refused at least two very desirable offers. There has latterly been some talk of her marrying Prince William of Ilohenzollorn-Sigmaringon , the eldest sou of Priuca Leopold , who is really the head of the family which reigns in Prus sia and ono of the richest royal person ages m Europe. The king of Roumania is tlio second brother of Prince Leopold. Princess Mnthildo qulle eclipsed the daughter of the German crown-prince and the Prince's Ircno of Hcssc. * * The vigorous speech of Mr. Gladstone against the Irish coercion bill shows that reports of his failing health and dimin ished ability are not to bo relied on. He took up the bill clause by clause and tore it into shreds amid a scene ot frantic enthusiasm on the ono side and dogged silence on the otticr. When ho sat down the government put up their strongest man to reply , but Goschcu talked to empty benches , the members crowding into the lobbies to discuss tlio probable effects of a speech which will rank among the best efforts of a lifo of oratory. V The physician of Lmperor William re ceives a handsome gratuity every time his royal patient celebrates a birthday. The present increases with the ago of the em peror. In 1877 it was 150,000 marks ; last week it was double that sum. The medi cal gentleman in returning thanks for the gift expressed n hope and belief that the emperor would live to bo a centenarian. If ever a wish was father to a thought , surely the physicians prophetic expres sion of gratitude can bo thus described. V Franco has discovered that England owes her $200,000,000 under the treaty of 1815. The annual deficit to bo dealt with by the French minister or finance U so largo that immediate payment of this long-losl-sigbl-of debt is to bo demanded. With taxes increasing and trade declin ing , the English nation will nol bo over- ready to pay , and Bismarck is rejoicing at the prospect of a diplomatic ruptures between the two countries. PitOMIXENT I'EUSO.NH. Madame Pattl cats spring lamb whenever she can get It now. John O. Whlttler has Riven 8'X ) to the Longfellow monument fund. General Salgo , the Japanese minister of war , speaks nine lansuapes fluently. Secretary Whltuey has hired u country res idence nt Morrlstown , N , J. , for next summer. Jcnnlo Juno has paid S15.000 for nhnlf- Interest In ( loiley's Lauy'a Hook of Phl\- | ! dcluhtn. .lohn Waiuimnkor , tlio Philadelphia mil lionaire merchant , e-sirlos ? 0)J,00J | life In- surauce , The new minister to Liberia. Mr , C. 11. J. Taylor , will le.ivo for tils post about the mid dle of April. Hanker Stcbblns. of Now York , went to Dakota twelve joins nso with sr.,000 , and Is now worth srolXM. Admiral Porter has received 530,000 bonus on his nttv.il hlstoty and lU'ls In addition UO per cent on all of the books sold. John English , of Columbus , Ohio , who re cently married Mlis , ! c < slo Hatcher , the prlina donna of the McUnull Opera company , Is worth 5300,000. John McLean , of the Cincinnati Knrnlror , , has moved into the residence nt Washington ho recently purchased and eularzcel. lie will cnteitaln lavishly next winter. Senator Henrst'sson , who was prc pntoil by his frUhor not long ago with the San Fran cisco Examiner , Is making that paper a suc cess by spending iotsot money for telegrams and good ncuspapcr men. Ev-ijenator ElbrldRO ( ! . Laphamhols dangerously 111 at C.uiamlalgu.i , Is seventy- three years ot ase. He.is elected to the United Stiller senate July -VJ , 1SSI , to suc ceed KO-.COII Conklinu' , icslgnvd. llo Would Do tlio Knlr Tiling. .Sim I'm1 cl < > Chronicle. Tlio managers of the Union Pacific and the Central Pacllle roads are showing an uneUio Interest In the selection of the persons who ixio to be charged with tlio examination of the alTalrs of those roads. No better se lection could bo made than ex-Senator Van Wyck of Nebraska. While lie Is a strong anti-monopolist ho Is fair , intelligent , honest and capable and Just the man who would deal fallly by the railroad companies and the people. A Shlniiii ; Success. /van/tew / fill2'i'mci. . Who says prohibition Is not a success In KansaV. ' A S ! > 0,000 drug stoic has just been established hi Abilene. It Will Mvo Just thn Same. Jnhntnn County Juiinml. The Omaha HKK sot downed in tlio elec tion ot department commamlnr of the U. A. U. , but the Br.K will llvo to down Its enemies In the sweet hereafter. Xlic Sonc tlio Sirens Snag. Hubert J. liwiMle. In sea caves dark and rocks where hides The ri'itlcss wind that haunts the sen , Where miiriiuulng waves and moaning tides Chant tliolr unceasing melody ; In meadows bright with fadeless sprins Where dead men's bones the liuht delilo , What were the songs they used to sinjj , The sirens of this sunny isltrf Soft breathed and tcneler , sweet and low. Across the w.itei.sdaik and wild. The wanderer hoard tliolr numbers flow , And nil his soul their chaims beguiled. Swift tltioiigh the bieakcis' snowy foam lie drove Ills bnik with pantinir-broath , Forgetting wife and child at home , While sirens sang him to his death. Wo know their songs they had but one Odvsseus heard the fateful tiling ; And madness sol/eel Ijaerte's' son , Who hoaid "The Flowers that Bloom In Spring ; " And still unchanged In nlror word. The sirens sing , with tireless breath Tlio same old song Ulysses hi-ard. And with It still siii'- ' men to death. GOT S2.QUO. How Two Slock SwiiiclU-rs Fleeced an Old Missouri Farmer. A Glasgow , Mo. , correspondent of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat writes : Two travelers registered at the CJlis ow hotel Thursday night at 11 o'clock , hailing from Kansas City. They were to all ap pearances strangers to one another when they arrived. One was a largo , sandy- complexioned man , smooth-shaven , ex cept moustache , near six feet tall , weigh ing probably two liundrcel or moro pounds who put his name on the regis ter as 1) . Simpson. Ho was a man who looked as though lie carried n grievance with him. His reticence bordered on the morose , and although he was so largo a man his every movement was with the activity of a cat. His age has been gen erally agreed upon by those who saw him as being from forty to forty-live years , though at first glance ho would pass for a younger man. Wo will call him No. 1. No. 2 was a much moro pleasant marr , so far as to demeanor and general ap pearances , supposed to be from thirty-two to thirty-seven years' of age , of average size , good build , rather dark complexion , nearly black mustache , thin nnd short , smooth shaven , and was probably as tall as his companion. His weight would run probably from ono liundrcel and fifty to ono hundred and seventy-live pounds , llo was inclined to play the agreeable , in contradiction to No. 1 , who played tlio "heavy business real estate dealer. " The community is now thoroughly in formed of their uusiness methods , when it is , perhaps , too late. . They succeeded only too well in the manipulation of an old game namely , the rural lottery scheme , and found a vic tim in ono of out most highly-respected old citi/.ens , Mr. Stcinmotz , a wealthy farmer living on the old Cleveland plueo , four miles east of hero. They obtained the suuiof $2,000 frow Mr. Stoinmctz.but it was no less than highway robbery , as it was done by force , in the manner following : Friday morning these sharpers , Nos. 1 and 3 , hired a buggy at John Moore's livery stable , ostensibly for the purpose of going a few miles in the country. No. 1 , Simpson , made his ap pearance alone with the team at the homo of Mr. Steinnictz , and slated his business to bo to buy a good farm. Mr. Stctnmotz told him ho had a price on his property and would sell. They then proceeded to inspect the promises and improvements. Having done so there was a business con ference ) and an agreement upon terms. No. 1 then left for Glasgow , promising to return next morning in company with his sister who , us ho stated , was at the hotel. The next Nos. 1 aim 2 hired naeh a conveyance anil "hied them" to tlio rtiral districts , each intent upon his own particular role in this little ) rustle drama. No. I , Simpson , presented himsojf smil ing at tlio Stoinmet/ mansion , with profuse - fuse excuses for the non-appearance of his sister. The sudden change , inclem ency of the woatlior , and indisposition were obstacles insuimountable , otc. Tlio old gentleman , over kind and more than hospitable , with the weight of between soventv and oignty years to add to kind ness of nature , said ho was glad Blio had undergone no iinnecp.sbary discomfort ; that MIICO the hours of dewy eve and early morn ho had consulted with his wife ; she was so violently opposed to Hie transfer lie would have to annul the trmlo.wluch was admissible since no con sideration had passed. To all appear ances No. 1 was badlv broken up , but gracefully accepted tlio situation and linked as a favor tliat Mr.StciumeU would accompany and imtroduco him to a neighbor whom ho had learned would sell his farm. The old gentleman com plied and started. They had gone but a short distance when they wcro met by No. 2 , Warner , to all appearances an en tire stranger to No. 1. No. 2 inquired for the owner of the land on which they wcro and was blandly informed that Mr. Stein- motz , the oldgentlcman , was'.tho owner. No. 2 then asked pcrinia-don to place up some advertising placards on tlic fence , which was granted. When asked tlio character of the advertisements No. 2 stated they wore for a lottery scheme. At this juncture ) No 1 inquired as to the name of tlio lottery and icwiived the In formation that it was a scheme for the benefit nnil worked almost entirely in the interest of llio farmers. After being shown circular.1 * , recommcndatlems , and other document * , No. 1 scorned convlnccel and asked the geiiitlemanly No. 2 to open up at one'c , which was no sooner said than done , No. 1 paid his money , took Ins choice , and drew a liekct calling for $7,000 When bo demanded his money ho was in formed by No. 2 that ho had only f5,000 with which to pay , but would glvo his I'hee.k , or would place tlio ,000 with any responsible man who would advance the other $ . ! .000 , the latter to hold the otitlro sum until the lottery headquarters could bo heard from. Unfortunately Mr. Stoiu- met/ , thought ho would be sate in holding the stakes , came to town , drew f 1.200 of Ills own itinnoy and borrowed | 800 from the bank , it not being unusual for Mr. Ktoinniet/ draw largo sums , no ques tions were inked by tlio bank olllcials. No. 1 accompanied Mr. Steinmolz to town nuel returned with him and when they mot pal No. 2 in a secluded spot , the old gentleman was overpowered and robbcel by No. 2 and a mysterious No. ! ) , of whom there is no authentic informa tion , No. 1 professed great indignation nnd , while pretending to resist , succeeded in holding the old gentleman and over coming all his ollort.s and attompls to re sist. They all escaped , leaving the old gentleman in the roael , and nro still nt largo. What is elono or will bo done is not known to tlio public. Thov have been reported as having gone in various direc tions. There is good evidence of two of them having crossed the river hero yes terday , going west , the descriptions being good. Unfortunately for justice , Mr. Stoiiimetz kept this matter a secret from his friends and family for hours , making the escape of the rascals possible. ONLY A BRAKEMAN KIL'.ED. A I'Ic.i for tlio Knlthfiil SIou who lllsk Tliclr C/V | < > B Dnlly. Chicago Herald : An instance of the cruelty of our modern civilisation and its infinitely diversified appliances and cus toms is found in the fact thai llio death of a railway employe , through ono of the minor casualties of his calling is no longer considered worthy mention In the news columns of a metropolitan news paper ; or , if mentioned at all. a line is Generally sufficient to chronicle the bare fact , details being utterly neglected. In llio dispatches il used to bo : "By a broken rail seven freight cars were thrown oil the track near this place last nicht and their contents , consisting valuable merchandise , almost destroyed. The loss of the company will roach $15,000. Passenger trains were dolaycil nearly an hour. A rigid investigation will follow. Ono brakeman was killed.1' Formerly minor accidents to employes wcro telegraphed to city papers , but now all corrcsponelcnts nro in structed to omit sending intelligence concerning the common accidents of the rain , in which cmploi'os only suflbr , unless the fatalities number moro than ono or some unusual circumstances or causes are present. Almost every week some railway employe loses his lifo or n limb In the Chicago "railway yards with out any mention of the casually being made in the city papers. This seems cruel , but the truth is that this sort ot noww is rarely worth printing. Au the world goes these items are unimportant and newsmen neglect thorn. But with passengers it is quite dilicrent. The com- moncsl accident involving the safely of a passenger or injury lo his person is care- tully investigated and reported. And just now the papers are filled with arti cles demanding that the death dealing steve shall bo banished , that hafoty gales be put up at all crossings , and that nvcry possible precaution bo taken to Kccuro safety for the traveling public and for pedestrians and street travelers who must cross railway tracks. But not a word is heard in behalf of the employes , whom the juggernauts of the rail are slaughter ing and maiming by the thousands every year. "Only a brakeman killed. " What a story the figures u railway tell and , after all there is nothing like cold figures to point a moral or tell a tale. In Mass- chusclls last year only ono passenger an 7ri81,2.i8 was killed , and one in 2,100,031 injured. This ratio Is not an alarming ono , but when wo como to employes the ratio is very iliflbrent. There were 274 casualties to cinplovos , 03 of which were fatal. On the Filchburg road ono em ploye out of every thirty-one was injured. On other roads about ono in 120. Most of these casualties were in coupling or uncoupling cars. Forty-eight , or nearly ono a week were injured in this way on one road. Ono can , therefore , readily bclievi ) that on almost any of our larger railways of the west a man a day le the average ratio of the rapacious demon of car-coupling. Next comes causuallics to trainmen from falling from trains ovyj ono a week in the whole state of Mass * , chusclls , nnd probably twice or thrice as many ns in tlio stale of Illinois. Take the Chicago , Burlington & Quincy road foriv home instance , and than the Burlington lliero is no belter managed roael in the world. In a recent year this road car ried in Illinois 2,770,000 passengers. Half n do7.cn of these were injured and none killed. Of the 1,500 engineers , Jircmon , brakcmcn , baggagemen , swiechnicn nnd conductors employed In Illinois moro than Iwo hundred were killed or injured. In fully one-fourth of the cases the demon coupling was the agent of injury or death. All along the line of every railway in the country , and particularly in the divisein illation towns , wiiero many railway employes live , will bo found small armies of widows , orphans and maimed men. The Sevllla Ktilnto. NiwYomc : , April 1. [ Special Telegram to the HKK.I That one of a hundred wills of Jose E. Sevllla , a wealthy Peruvian , which leaves a foituno to establish a homo and school for poor children In the United States , has been filed for probate in New York. By Its tei ins all the tustator's real and personal estate , except his Camp Kdon estate In Peru , Is devised for tlio endowment ot the "Sovllla" homo for children , lo bo estab lished in this or any other state , or both as the oxccutorN may deem proper. The objects of this institution are thn maintenance und education ot Indigent children. If tills plan bo found Impracticable from legal dinicnltles In this or othrr states , tlio proceeds of tlio sale of the estate shall ( Involve to thn rnpiibllu of Franco , or that being unavoidable or impossible , to the Swiss confederation , to bo used by e-ltlier foi tlio purpose indicated. Half tlio liicnmn from Camp Kdon estate ) in Peru Is devoted to pay- In ; . ' thn expenses of emigrant children from thuiico to the United States , the otticr halt helm ; devised to a conalu of the de ceased , Miss Krnstlnn liammchea and her daughter , should she marry , but devolving tote to tlio emigration fund , upon heir dccoaso unmarried. Suvllln furmuily lived In this rltv. The estate Is said to be worth 51,000,000. .Sevllla had many relatives. * Intornatlonnl Htur < Jn/.orn. NiiwVemir , April 1. [ Special Tele'gram lo tlio UIK. : ] Ijlftiite-nant A. ( J. Wintor- halter , United States navy , failed yesterday for Paris , where ho goes as delegate fiora llio l/nlted States naval observatory to tlio International astronomical convention \vhlcli meets In Paris on tlio IGtli of April. Tlio nbjuct of tlio convention Is to determine what plans ami means of enlarging photog raphy in making astronomical observations and also pliotographln maps of the heavens. Our readers are requested to usei Sal vation Oil for all pains. It it a sure euro , Price 25 cents , "For forms of government lot foolj contest. " For ordinary lifo is Is onongh to know that Mr. Bull's Cough Syrup cures cougha rnd colds. Grorgo ( lould has settled Into such n retired state of domesticity wince his mar- ringei thai all his former friends i.ro growling at his fa-called neglucl. His < mo nun now is said lo bu to rival hit f other's 6UCCC8B.