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OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY. APRIL 13 , 1887 ,
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July , 1886 , 12,314 copies ; for Auenst , 18SO.
18,4(54 ( copies ; for September , 1880 , 13,030
copies ; for October , 1880. 12,989 copies ; for
November , 1880 , 13,348 copies ; for December.
1880,13,237 copies ; for January , 1887. 10,200
copies ; for February , 1887 , 14,186 copies.
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( SEAL. I N. P. Fjru Notarv Public.
WE read in Puck that "tho best thing
on record is the deed of a corner lot. "
Puck doubtless had an eye on Omaha
when this was written.
Tun Chicago Times gives it out * in a
scornful manner "that Chicago is not
dependent on pork packing for its
greatness. " This is a hint for Mr. Low-
oil to return his visit.
Mu. FOIUKKU'S presidential boom has
apparently collapsed. Ho has not boon
heard from since the Dolmonico dinner.
These Dolmonico dinners sot heavy on
political stomachs of presidential candi
dates.
JOHN SiiEnsiAN's wealth already both
ers a great many politicians. Within
the last two weeks the senator has made
130,000ma Flndlay , Ohio , real estate
deal. A shrewd business man is not nec
essarily a corrupt politician.
IT is now thought that an extra session
of congress will bo called for October.
It will really bo amusing to BOO the sena
tors and congressmen paying railroad
fare for .the long haul to Washington.
THE next time wo have nn opera festi
val the managers of the exposition build
ing should charter excursion trains over
the Iowa and Nebraska roads loading
into Omaha. Brass band Smith's enter
prise in thai regard affords a valuable
pointer.
IT cost Maurice Bernhardt , son of the
actress , the modest sum of $2,500 fur ono
lesson in the American garao of poker ,
at Now York , a short time ago. Sara
_ should hurry her hopeful to Omaha. Af
ter July Fourth there will bo no such
games oat hero.
THE Chinese killed in Wyoming Terri
tory , during the riots about a year ago ,
cost the United States f 147,000. Secre
tary Bayard recently gave the Chinese
minister a warrant for that amount. This
was the most expensive sot of China Uncle
Sams boys ever smashed.
TUB intelligence that Mr. Blaine has
Almost recovered from his recent illness
is gratifying. Mr. Blaine is ono of the
few really great men of America , and
the country cannot well afl'ord to lose
him. The announcement of his malaria !
attack caused serious alarm.
IT has boon written that concentrated
effort will accomplish wonderM results.
The king of of the Sandwich Islands has
recently secured a loan of $3,000,000 and
declares that ho will squander it all for
gin. The pluck of his royal highness
certainly challenges admiration.
A TEXAS legislator a abort time age
complained in a bitter speech that none
of the newspapers would set htm right
This shows the difference m law-makers
The Nebraska legislators complained ir
bitter speeches because the leading
paper of the state set them right.
A KETAIL coal dealer in Cleveland
Ohio , has been lined $100 by the locn
coal exchange for selling a ton of coa
that did not weigh 3,000 pounds. Thl ,
corns rather late in the season to so
uch an example , but customers couli
with profit paste this item lu their hats
AN eastern oxchaugo , under the heat
of an "Unhappy Czar , " pictures that 1m
portant porsouago as holding fast to ;
bcar'd tall , willing to lot go , but afraid to
With assassination reduced to a scjonc
and a system , and a hundred nihilist
camped on the trail of the great ruloi
there is indeed but httlo satisfaction i ;
wearing a crown.
THOSE in Nebraska who have the Call
fornla fever , will do well to hucd tli
advice gratitously given by the Sa :
1'raucisco Argonaut , which is briefly
" .A farmer in the east who will close ot
his property at half its value and inves
In land in southern California at $000 n
aero is nothing more or less than an ass t
the lirst family. "
OKU good feature resulting from th
Intor-stato not , relative to passes , wi :
hewn In Illinois. After the members *
the legislature of that state surrender *
tboir annual panto-boards It was nut.w
that they got down to solid work. Th
Mtomnrjr three-days' vacation cue
week wan postponed and no excursion
wera Indulged la until tbe final adjuun
wnt.
A Political Brmoe-Bo .
The falling out among the keepers of
Omaha gambling houses will probably
bring about an earlier closing of thcso
resorts than was to have been expected.
The new anti-gambling law docs not go
into effect until the Fourth of July , and
the prevailing impression was that
Omaha gamblers would not break up
kousc-kccping until business became too
risky. The law-abiding and orderly people
ple of this city have no reason to deplore
the prospect of the early
closing of the gambling dens. No
matter how honestly conducted ROIIIO
of them wore , from the gamblers' stand
point , they always have been a cancer
eating away the vitals of the community.
They have been the training school for
the penitentiary for hundreds of men
who otherwise would have remained
honest and upright. They have swal
lowed up the hard earnings of laborers
and mechanics and made embezzlers and
defaulters of clerks , bookkeepers , mer
chants and quite often pubho ollicials.
But they have been tolerated in
Omaha under our peculiar administra
tion as a necessary evil , and
every effort to restrict them
has been met by the plea that they are
the life of every city , and without them
business prosperity was utterly in.possi
ble.
ble.It
It is rather nmusing now to hoar edi
tors who only a few weeks ago Insisted
that gambling houses could not be closed
by law , and would always flourish ma
booming city like Omaha , make the
most rampant appeals to the city author
ities to close the gambling houses at
onco. Wo detest imposture in any form ,
and most of all thn hypocrisy which ap
peals to the moral elements from under
the cover of vice and immorality.
The intimacy and close communion
between editors who ura playing the
high moral dodge , hy clamoring for the
immediate suppression of gambling , and
the keepers of the loading gambling
houses , is a matter of common notoriety.
The great zeal of these self-styled reformers -
formers , so suddenly exhibited at this
time , is cither a miraculous conversion ,
or a part of the confidence game which
they have played all along since the
memorable combine against the charter.
Perhaps Mayor- Boyd may experience
ust such a miraculous conversion
and close the gambling dens on the
vo of the election. in order
to mollify the moral sentiments of the
lommunity whicli ho had contemptu
ously ignored all along. Such a brace
game in politics might win over the
rcdulous fools , and would not damage
ho political standing of the gamblers
wiih their own cappers and the lawless
3lemenU which have been sheltered
under its protecting wing for years. It
barely possible that the republican
paper , which openly supported James
" Boyd for mayor tvo years ago , is now
aying the pipes for ro-oiocting him , in
ese the gangof which Paul Vandervoort
s the general-issimo , fails to capture the
primaries and conventions. This would
only bo a repetition in Omaha of what
lias been done in the city election at Lin
coln , when Mr. lioggon , the republican
candidate , was beaten because ho did not
train with the public plunderers.
Fair I'lny.
Our contributor , "Fair Play , " has
handed in another letter on the Salvation
" " which of its
army "outrage" , by reason
length , wo cannot print in full. In the
main it is a repetition of the letter pub
lished Sunday. The only now point made
is the assertion that "Christianity started
with out-door services ; the Savior
of mankind and his apostles sought the
multitude where they could be found ,
and the groves wcro God's first temples. "
Nobody will attempt to gainsay these
historical facts. Our friend might
have gone back further than
Galileo qr the worship in groves ,
lie could have pointed to the lirsl
chapter of Genesis wbero Adam and
Eve are represented as promenading the
( lower-embowered walks of the garden
of Eden in the most primitive costume.
The liberty enjoyed by the aboriginal
ouplo would hardly be accorded to any
man or woman , even if it was midsummer
mer , and their solo raiment n as the tra
ditional fig-leaf.
The only point worthy of notice is the
charge that our authorities have singled
out a religious band for persecution
at the instigation ol the whisk ]
element , while no notice is taken o :
street fakirs circuses , and other noisy
parados. There is just enough truth In
this to create a false impression and
arouse a mistaken sympathy for the Sal
vationists. The whole truth is tha
circus parades only take place two 01
three times a year and in the day-time
when disorder and turbulence are no
likely to occur. The Salvationists havi
paraded the streets for six weeks and al
ways at night , when the hoodlum nm
rowdy clement are present in greate
numbers and moro "difficult to restrain
The street fakirs pay a license for a fixet
period , but the ordinance aiithorizlnj
that nuisance ought to bo repealed. It 1
not true that the resolution to stop th <
salvation parades , introduced by Coun
oilman Caspar , was instigated by hquoi
dealers or anybody belonging to that class
Mr. Caspar is chairman of the commlttci
on police , and in response to complaint !
from citizens and business men , not sa
loon keepers , ho introduced the resolu
tion which should have originated wltl
the police committee.
Wo know "Fair Play" to bo agcntlomai
who believes in law and ordei
and he certainly cannot dc
fend the defiant attitude of th
Salvationists when they declare that the
wilt parade the streets whatever th
courts may decide. If the army is n la\
unto itself and above our police rogulc
tions , the sooner wo know it tbo better
They have unjoyod tiio full protection c
the law in Omaha and will continuo t
enjoy It. Two mon charged with dis
turbing thuir devotions have bee
arrested and liuud ? .0 each by the pollc
court. Pollen have been detailed to prt
vent hoodlums front assaulting or dii
turbing the Salvationists , and that is a !
thny or any other religious sect ougt
to expect or ask.
An lln fort nun to Olllclnl.
The international relations of th
I'uht'd Suites are every year bccomin
'Broader and moro complicated. This I
tii inevitable condition of our expansio
as a great commercial nation , outorin ,
into eompction with fill other oountnc
for the world's trade. We have thus fa
been able to regard the advice of Wast
ington to avoid "entangling alliance.
Whether wo shall alwayi bo able to do s
may be reasonably doubted. , There ai
American statesmen of to-day who tvro
not averse to a departure from this
policy. They would have political and
commercial alliances "go hand-in-hand
between this country and all others In
this hemisphere. As the nation advances
in population and productive power the
American people are likely to bccomo
tnoro solicitous to control or dominate
everything American , and more jealous
of all European influence and competi
tion. The sentiments now entertained
by a few will then become connron , and
administrations and congresses may bo
elected with reference to extending the
political power as well as the commercial
business of the United States.
Meanwhile Ilia state department must
continuo to bo a branch of the public ser-
$ icc of great and growing importance ,
demanding the best wisdom and judg
ment in its administration. It has had
these in the past , when some of the fore
most of American statesmen wore at the
head of the department. It will require
them still more urgently in the future.
The selection of Mr. Bayard as secretary
of state was not a continuation of the
line of statesmen in that position. There
may have been men at the head of the
department less worthy even than ho of
the title of statesman , but perhaps from
uck of opportunity there has certainly
icon none who showed greater capacity
or bungling than Mr. Bayard has dono.
Up to this time his career as secretary of
tate has been a disappointment oven to
lioso who expected least of him. While
iy no means n great man in legislation ,
o still disclosed some qualifications as a
enntor which warranted the expectation
hat in conducting our international rela-
ions im would exercise sufh'cicnt good
icnso to save the nation from embarrass
ment and humiliation.
The record is familiar to the country ,
. 'hero is very little of it that is in any
legrco creditable to Mr. Bayard. Wo
TO not disposed to go to the length of
omo of his critics in condemning every-
lime ho has donfi , or for which he may
iropcrly bo held responsible , but the
nest charitable consideration could not
xcuse most of his mistakes. The newest
levelopmeiit relates to the question of
American rights in Alaskan waters.
This was raised by the sei/.uro of British
easels found capturing scats in these
waters hist summer. This * government
has claimed jurisdiction of all the adja-
lent waters of Alaska , over which Russia
xccrciscd undisputed control when the
ho territory WHS purchased from that
iountry by the United States. The right
o this dominion England denies , and the
oizures having been made at from sixty
o 120 miles from land , pursuant to
reasury regulations as provided for by
itatute , the dcmade upon this govern
ment to release the vessels and remit the
incs. The headland theory is not neces-
arily involved , but it seems that in the
controversy Mr. Bayard lias taken a
position respecting the theory which is
entirely inconsistent with the attitude of
ho government in its contention regard
ing Atlantic coast fisheries. The effect is to
place the government in an embarrass
ing situation , of which the British gov
ernment will * of course , take every pos
sible advantage.
This Is but ono of several examples
that might bo cited to show the careless
ness or incapacity of Mr. Bayard. It is
said to have become n byword among the
diplomats at Washington that no trap
can bo sot for the secretary of t-tato in
which ho will not take pains to fall. It
s not to bo supposed that diplomacy con
sists in efforts of the representatives of
ono government to entrap these of an
other , yet natives , like individuals , al
ways ai m to got the best side of the bar
gain. Those who have had to contend
with Mr. .Bayard appear not to have
found it a very dilhcult task to secure
pretty nearly all they wished.
Business Present and Prospective.
The activity of business during the two
or tbrco weeks before the intor-stato
commerce law went into effect , duo to
obvious causes , was expected to bo fol
lowed by a marked lull in trade , but the
evidence is that this has not taken place
to anywhere near the degree that was
anticipated. Reports from all the trade
centers represent the business of the past
week to have Deen on a general scale.
Notwithstanding the fact that many
merchants had stocked up rather more
liberally than usual , the consumptive de
mand has been so much better than a
year ago that merchants have found it
necessary to enter the market again , and
thus the current of trade lias been kept
moving at nn unexpected and very grati
fying degree of activity. There could
be no better evidence than this state of
things furnished of the general prosper
ity. Wo noted a few days ago that there
are at least 400,000 more industrial em
ployes now at work throughout the
country than wore laboring two years
ago at tliis time. There is in this fact n
basis tor an estimate of the general advance -
vance in prosperity which the
country is now experiencing ,
This amount of added labor moan ;
a largo additional production , and it alsc
means a greatly augmented consumption
Thus for the industrial movement np
pears to be entirely legitimate. There i :
no evidence anywhere that production ii
being forced , but rather that it is tin
policy of a majority of producers not t <
exceed tha limit of apparent wanU. S <
long as this safe principle prevails then
can bo no good reason why a state o
healthy prosperity shall not continuo.
Booking at the situation broadly , am
without reference to details , the prospec
seems on the whole favor-ablo. It is no
improbable that before'tho year is u ]
some of the evidently speculative roa
estate booms In the south and west wil
have culminated and gone to pieces , bu
the effect of this can be only local , and i
might result in good by turning the at
tention of investors to localities when
there is a substantial and lasting pros
pcrity. The latest crop news is rathe
unfavorable as to winter wheat , whicl
has suffered from unseasonable wcathci
in several states , but this conditloi
may bo improved later on. Th
crop question is always ai
uncertainty in the business calculation a
this season , but oxpiirience for a numbo
of years has shown the folly of borrowiiij
trouble on this score. Wo are importini
heavily , but wo are also sending a larg
amount of our products abroad , an
there is no apparent probability that w
shall have any balance to pay in gold
As we have heretofore observed , the endanger
danger Is a serious currency contractioi
from piling up.the treasury surplus , bu
thU may be overestimated , and at th
worst is not irremediable. In a word th
conditions are such as justify faith IB ai
era of prosperity extending at least ever
this and next years , in which the west
will undoubtedly share most largely.
THE city aUorn y.-jlId not do his duty
yesterday , when he refused to appear In
police court and dondiict the prosecution
of the Salvation finny. His judgment as
to the propriety of the prosecution ought
not to have led him into a neglect of his
official business. There was n question
at stake. It was not whether tlio Salva
tion army had done wrong , or had violated
lated an ordinance. II was whether the
city council has n right to determine the
question ot what is disorder. The coun
cil had determined that parades of tha
Salvation army were disturbances. It
was the business of the city attorney to
appear and present this view of the coun
cil to the jury.
THERE has been a great deal of talk In
certain quarters regarding the small
salary of the penitentiary warden , which
for a long tlmo has been $ ICOO per
annum. This isn't very largo to bo sure ,
but it has been noticed that oxWarden
Nobcs managed to save some money out
of it. The numerous buildings owned
by'him at York would indicate a "paying
salary. "
WABASII , Indiana , has discovered
natural gas. Pcola , Kansas , prospectors
have been successful and found a paying
supply. Utah is filled with wells sup
plying a largo portion of the territory.
This is certainly a llatt ring prospect for
Nebraska. It may require the expendi
ture of a large sum of money to find it ,
but there is good evidence that it can bo
found.
Now that the Leavcnworth street
grade is a fixed fact it may dawn on the
tit. Mary's avenue property owners that
they must either reduce the steep grade
of that thoroughfare or see it deserted by
travel and traffic within the next two
years. It will be very costly to change
that grade , but it is a cround hog case.
SENATOR MANUEKSON still lingers
somewhere between Cuba and the British
channel , but Omaha feels grateful that
she has not been entirely forgotten.
She will soon have three hundred dollars
expended by Uncle Sam in repairing the
sidewalk in front of the postoflicc.
CABLE road and horse car franchises
are all the rage but wo should like to see
a better service on the existing street car
linn and something : uipro than promises
from the cable company.
THE fight among Omaha gamblers has
opened the eyes of the plucked birds.
When thieves fall out honest men got
their dues.
IP the gamblers 'alPgo , what will be
come of Charley Green , Ilerb Lcavitt
and Will Gurley t
WHAT will become of the Dodge street
toboggan line if the cable road is to
climb that hlll.l - . -
I-nOMtXKNT KISKSOSiS.
llcrr Krupp is going tot start a first class
dally newspaper , at Essen ( for the use of his
20,000 workmen.
Baron Alphonso dc Rothschild has sent
10,000 francs to these who suffered by the
recent earthquakes In Italy.
Mary Anderson Is determined to rival the
empress of llussln as a horsewoman. She
has been taking riding lessons in London.
The duchess of Albany Is the most Inter
esting royal widow at presout In England ,
but she Is rellnud looking rather than pretty.
The monument to the latoSchuylor Colfax ,
to bo erected at Indianapolis by the Odd
Fellows of Indiana , will bo unveiled May 18
with elaborate ceremonies.
Mrs. Noah , the once famous actress , is still
llvlne In Buffalo at the ago of eighty. W 1th
that name and those years what an attrac
tion she would bo in the ballot I
Colonel Tom Ocnlltrco and the marquis de
Mores both had their diamond pins stolen
from them in the Hoffman house , New YerK ,
the other day. The thief afterward returned
them.
Lord Tennyson , It is rumored , may resign
the laureiteshlp this year. This would seem
to furnish the opening for which Mrs. Sarah
A Kelley , "The Bard of Shanty Hill , " has so
Ion : ; yearned.
Sir Arthur Sullivan has paid a recent visit
to Berlin. He called on Ulsmarck and was
cordially received. Bismarck la said to be
very fond ot the music of the "Mikado , " and
quite taken with the character of Pooh-Bah.
Sam Sinnll , the ex-editorial revivalist and
co-worker of Sam Jones , has been very sljk
for several weeks at his home In Atlanta.
He Is suffering from blood-poisoning , super
induced by hemorrhoids , aud his recovery Is
scarcely expected.
W. D. Washburn of Minneapolis Is the
greatest of American millers , lie has one
mill that turns out 5,003 barrels of Hour a day ,
and Is Interested In others whose output Is
enormous. There Is probably no man living
who is so largely Interested In flour.
Where Electricity Is Needed.
Keiv York ll'orW.
It maybii very well to kill criminals by
electricity ; but what Is needed at present Is
more electricity in the progress of criminal
trials.
liamont Nor nt Ills Best.
St. Louts Globe-Democrat.
Colonel Dan Lament Is not at Ills best In
the letter to thn Albert tildany Johnston
celebration , signed "Orover Cleveland. " Ho
speaks of the confoderdto general as having
benn "conspicuous for valor , lor military
celebrity , and for the highest personal char
acter. " Wo submit t < v Colonel Dan that to
represent a man as "conspicuous" tor celeb
rity" U not the lugUobt style of epistolary
felicity.
Lend Theni.a . Church.
Lincoln Jmirjjal.
The arrest and incarceration In the city
cooler of the eutlro rank and lllo of the
Omnha Salvation ariny the other day , and
the holding of the men and women compos
ing It through the night In company with the
thieves , tramps and Intmlciitcd persons who
bad been gathered In ion the same day , has
caused quite a commotion In the social , re
ligious and Journalistic circles of the city.
The fact la that a Salvation army U a diffi
cult thing to handle. They nmke a good
deal of noise and frighten horses and disturb
the sick and nervous , but their Intentions
are good , wfl suppose , and they do not de
serve cruel treatment. Hut they are as obsti
nate as It is possible for people jof a certain
feebleness of mind and fanaticism of spirit
to be , and they are not naslly silenced.
It nothlna but Imprisonment of the nlghi
will stop their drumming aud singing and
shouting In the streets , a suitable place
should b chosen In which to lock.theni up
In this case the "army" utterly refused to
stop slnglog and iiioutln * and kept It up al
nUbt or until they were exhausted. Why
should not the good people of Omaha lend
the police .church In which to lock Uieia
vhen It becomes necessary to take extreme
unasurcsV _
Lore's Springtime.
fjnntlon H'nrM. .
All things are horn tomako the season swofit ;
Thn rush ot pure , sweet air through pale ,
clear skies.
I'lio scent of Rliower-soakcd earth beneath
our feet ,
Wlmru frail green shafts from winter sleep
nrlso ;
And shall your heat t not waken , nor your
. .ooklnto mlno.nnd grant what mine entreat ?
What moro can love deslro than to belong
To this llrst hour when faintly Hushing
spring ,
Horn but to-day. Is yet so fair and strong
That slip can set luo'.s pulses qulckenlnc ?
And shall your soul not listen while I slug ,
Learning love's springtime lesson from my
bOIlgV
STATE JorXINGS.
The election in llcCook was an " 'alf
and 'all" ntfair. .
The Nlobrara presbytery will sit at
tladlson on the 21st.
They had a Httlo game of poker In Loup
City last week for a pot of f 3,000. A
sportive minister was the principal vic
tim.
tim.Pierce
Pierce declared for license last week
and the town druft store wont into bank
ruptcy. Prohibition and prescription
ire inseparably linked.
Twenty-live young braves and ono
maiden , from the Slioshono agency in
Wyoming , have arrived at the Indian
school nt Genoa. Their ages range from
cloven to twenty-two.
S. T. Hunter , nn lownn who settled
icar McCook , and built himself a neat
rnnia cottage , was preparing to move
u , last week , wlum a prairie tire came
ilong and wiped it out.
The bashfulnpss of the boom In New
fork cannot bo ascribe to the news-
wpers. The Times followed in the wako
> f the Democrat with an illuminated cd-
tion of the town's ' growth and future
> rospects.
A furious wind and sand storm , the
worst in years , swept through Pierce hist
'riday and Saturday. Many fields of
ightcr soil were so scooped out us to do
nuch damage to lately sown grain and
weaker vegetation.
A lively hail storm entertained the ctt-
/ens of Ainsworth Sunday evening.
S'uggets : is largo as hen's eggs covered
he ground. The sound of thuir falling
vas like the rusi | of a mighty wind. The
damage was confined to the breaking of
; luss.
A disastrous prairie fire swept over a
urge part of the county east of Wayne
ast week doing un immense amount of
laruage. William Fra/.ier had § 200 worth
of grass seed which ho had Mown this
spring burned up , and in addition lost a
twenty-ton stack of millet and a ten-ton
stack of hay.
The Wayne Gazette has Insulo informa-
Jon that a committee of Yanktonitos
will visit town this week "in the interest
of a proposed railroad from Omaha to
Yankton ; and it is said that if the amount
of $300,000 be raised in stock and county
aid the road will bo built before snow
Hies next winter. "
The little daughter of Andrew Cos well ,
living near Bclknap , Holt county , was
burned to death a few days ago. She
was out herding cattle with two younger
sisters and they wcro amusing them
selves burning grass , when her dress
caught fire , burning her so that she
died.
There is general regret in Fremont
that the fight between Cuthbort and Cain
did not result in n double funeral and
thus rid the town of two worthless
"chaws. " The plug uglies fought out
side the city limits. Cain's head was
doubled in size and softened and his
ankle crushed. Ho was carried homo in
an unconscious condition.
Ira Bachelor , a St. Edwards pedagogue -
goguo suffering from matrimonial heart
ache , started on horseback to see his
best girl. The animal became fright
ened nt the shadows cast by a full moon ,
and throw the gallant cavalier on a barbwire -
wire fonco. The pointed shafts of iron
hooked on to his pantaloona and hold
him a prisoner for several hours. Mr.
Bachelor was not favorably impressed
with the straddle.
Citizens of Utica , Seward county , have
received assurance that a line will bo
built through the countv this season. "In
the light of this fact , " says the Record ,
"it seems to us that now is the time for
action on the part of our citizens. If
this line is built through Utica it will add
a grand impetus to our town , but if it is
built south'of us wo had about as well
throw up the sponge and turn our town-
site into a cemetery ; "
Omaha and Nebraska will have a
choice of roads to the capital of Wyom
ing before the close of the year. The
determination of the Burlington to build
to Cheytmno met with .a substantial
greeting and the company showed its ap
preciation by purchasing the famous
Warner block tor a depot. The price is
said to have bean f 100,000. The building
is a solid single story structure with tow
ers , angles and verandas , and will make
a magnificent depot and ofiico building.
The route of the extension to the city is
not 'yet known. It is likely , however ,
that U will leave the main line near the
Nebraska boundary.
FLAGS FLYING IN TBIUMPH.
Tlio Salvation Army Acquitted of
Disturbing the Peace Tlioy Kootc | .
The trial of the Salvation Army on the
charge of disturbing the peace was con
ducted yesterday afternoon before Judge
Stonberg and a jury composed of Martin
Dunham , N. J. Edholm , W. T. Seaman
and E. T. Dtiko.
The captain of the army was attired in
a rubber gossamer and a winning smile.
The lieutenant hold a prayer book open
before her and attentively studied it.
The court room was crowded and
shortly became oppressively hot.
At 2:15 : o'clock City Attorney Connell
had not appeared. Judge Stonberg stated
that he had boon Informed by Mr. Con
nell that the latter did not intend to ap
pear and ho had thereupon sonttho attor
ney a notice. The judge was unable testate
state whether Mr. Connell would pay any
attention to it or not. If that official did
not appear he believed that ho would dis
charge the prisoners , because tlio whole
question would hingu upon the construc
tion of tlio ordinance relating to disturb
ance of the peace.
At 2:80 : , the court having evidently
changed Ms mind , and the place of the
trial having been changed to the council
chamber , called the caso.
The counsel for the defendant made a
statement in which it was said that tlio
defendants had uomo to Omaha for the
purpose of spreading their peculiar form
of religion , and a part of that religious
observance was to 'parado the streets ,
Kinging and beating a drum.
Marshal Cummlngs was sworn and
testified that ho had instructed the police
men to stop tlio paradintr , under penalty
of arresting tlio paradon * ; that ho issued
these instructions in accordance with the
instructions embodied in a resolution by
tlio council.
Officer Pulaski was sworn , and testified
to the manner of placinir the army under
arrest , as heretofore published , ifo swore
that , in his opinion , they were uisturbing
thu poaeo.
Mr. Murphy , formerly a special police
man , testified that be was at thn junction
of Thirteenth and Far n a in streets on
the evening when the army wcro ar
rested. Ho did not bellevo the Hinging
and noise by the army would distuib the
peace aud order of the city. If every
body was like him , it would not.
Knox Boude.one of UM defendants ,
stated that the members of the band wcro
not making any moro noise than usual ;
that disturbance of the pence of the city
WAS the farthest thing from their in
tentions. Ho stated further thai ho In a
Monographer , tun ployed at thu Union Pa
cific headquarters. Ho heard minstrel
bands making moro noise than the army
on tlio street.
A question was asked the witness re
garding his having been notified by the
marshal that thu army should not parade
any moro with drums and singing. The
witness replied In the affirmative.
Miss Lehman , ono of the defendants ,
testified that it was the custom of the
army tp parndo every night. The object
was to gather a crowd who would
Follow them to their place of mooting.
She admitted that people had boon ar
rested for being disorderly when follow
ing the army. She added , however , that
it was thu purpose of the army to keep
order as much as possible.
T. J. Toolcy testified that ho had hoard
both the Salvation army music and niin-
strol band music and did not consider
either a nuisance.
The counsel for the defense , In n brief
argument , set fortli statements that the
Salvation army had been arrested On
charge of disturbing the puaco for doing
what they believed to bo right ; for doini ;
charitable work of a good character ; for
extending tho' work * so that it
was being fell by people in
Omaha and who wcro squirming.
He declared that tlio resolution was ma
licious and was subsequently practically
withdrawn. Ho contended that the army
were not disturbing the peace , and that
the council knew it , as the action of the
council in referring the resolution to n
committee had shown.
Judge Stonborg said that the counsel
ought not to misrepresent facts. The
resolution had not boon withdrawn.
Another resolution had been introduced
rescinding the previous resolution , but it
was lost , and the first resolution was then
referred to the committee on police
which had not yet reported.
The counsel proceeded to disclaim.any
intention to misrepresent , saying that
ho had stated the case as ho understood
it. Ho said it was unnecessary for him
to make any misrepresentations.
Other arguments wi-ro made by the
counsel for the defendants , and the jury
then retired for an hour and a half ,
when they rendered a verdict , in accord
ance with the evidence , of acquittal.
Last evening the army paraded with
banners flying and drums beating and
the captain sang her sweetest songs.
THE COMING ELECTION.
The Propositions to Do Decided By
Omahn'B Voters.
The city election will occur on Tues
day May 3. The nlno wards have been
divided into nineteen polling districts ,
three in the First ward , and two in each
of the eight other wards. , The polling
places , so far as they' have been desig
nated by the mayor , are as follows :
First Ward First district at southwest
corner of Tenth and Jones ; second dis
trict , at northeast corner of Sixth and
Pierce ; third district , at No. 4 engine
house.
Second Ward Polling places not yet
designated.
Third Ward-First district at 917 Capitol
tel avcnuo ; second district 305 South
Twelfth street.
Fourth and Fifth Wards Polling
places not yet designated.
Sixth Ward First district at 1018
Saunders street ; second district at cor
ner of Suuuders street and Ames avc
nuo.
Seventh Ward Polling places not yet
designated.
Eight It Ward First district at 2017
Cuming street ; second district at 2404
Cuming street.
Ninth Ward First district at C. J.
Johnson's store. Twenty-ninth and Far-
nain ; second district at Hcrtzman block ,
Werner avenue and Eureka street.
The polls will bo open at 8 o'clock in the
morning and will be closed at 0 o'clock
in the oven ing.
T.ho following city officers" will bo
voted for at this election : Mayor , police
judge , treasurer , comptroller' ! nine
councilman at largo. In each of the
Seventh , Eighth and Ninth wards , n
councilman will bo elected for the short
term ending January 1839.
In addition to the election of the above
named officers the following questions
will be voted upon ot this election :
The issue of paving bonds in the sum
of $70,000.
The issue of sewer bonds in the sum of
$100,000.
The issue of city hall bonds in the sum
of $200,000.
The question of granting franchises to
tlio Omaha Horse Railway Cable com
pany , the Omaha Cable Tramway com
pany , the Omaha Southwestern Hallway
company , the Omaha. Motor Railway
company , and the Omaha & South
Omaha Street Railway company.
EXCURSIONISTS GOING HOME.
A Full Train Load of Eastern Vis
itors to the Occident ,
Six Pullman coaches composed n train
which came in from tbo west last even
ing at 10 o'clock. The passengers wcro
142 ladles and gentlumcn who reside in
tlio Now England states , Philadelphia
and Now York city. They are in the
care of J. A. Whitcorab of the firm ot
Raymond & Whitcomb , transcontinental
excursion agents , and are returning
home from a tour of delightful charac
ter. They have visited Now Mexico , old
Mexico and California , and have boon
absent about three months. Among
them were a number of well-known Now
England business mon ; Mr. Smith , who
wrote "America , " and the Misses Obor ,
of the Ideal opera company.
Tlio very complete arrangements for
their tour had enabled the whole party
to visit in small companies tlio locations
they most especially desired to seo. Of
California they unanimously hud but ono
opinion and that was that it was thu only
snot in the world for perfect happiness
if ono had money enough.
Mr. Whitcomb statetf that something
was remarkable of those excursionists ;
not one had boon ill seriously , unit there
had been no accident.oy rail or to in
dividuals.
The train loft for the transfer depot nt
11 o'clock and will continuo eastward
to-day. _
AN ELRGANT SOCIETY EVENT ,
Tlirco Hundred and Fifty Gncsts nt
Mr. anil Mrx. Squire's Itccoptlon.
The handsome parlors and spacious
dining hall ot the Millard hotel were
brilliant with a bla/e of light mid mag
nificent costumes last evening upon the
occasion of thu reception by Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Squires. Fully MO guests
were present. The ladies' toilets wcro
remarked as the handsomest of tlio sea
son's social triumphs. To the strains of
Hoffman's music dancin" was enjoyed
until a late hour. Atinldnlght a sumptu
ous luncheon was served.
Among those present were General
and Mrs. Dandy , General and Mrs.
Crook , Mr. and Mrs. Guy U. Barton , Mr.
and Mrs. Cowin , Genera ] Hatch , Mr. and
Mrs Barringor. Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Morse , Mr. and Mrs. W. A , Redick , Mr.
and Mrs * . Dan Wlmolor , jr. , Mrs. E. S.
Dundy , jr. , Mr. and Mrs. Kd Dickinson ,
Mr. and Mrs. Swobo , Colonel and Mrs
Eddy , Mr. and Mrs. Frank Colpetzcr.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bradford , Mr. and
Mrs. A. Rosewater , United States Sena
tor Paddock , Superintendent Burt of
the Northwestern , Mlssea Dundy , Woolworth -
worth , Hoagland. Morse , Boyd , Collins.
Brown , Weutwortb , and Miu Bishop , of
Denver. , . .
A CARD
TO THE PUBLIC.
With the approach of spring
and the increased 'interest man
ifested in real estate matters ,
I am inoro tha'n over consult
ed hy intending purchasers nato
w
to favorable opportunities for
iuveatment.and to all such would
say
When putting any property
on the market , and advertising
it as desirable , I hare invariably
confined myself to n plain unvar
nished statement of facts , never
indulging in vague promises for
the future , and the result in ev
ery cose has been that the expec
tations of purchasers wore more
than realized. I con refer witb
pleasure to
Albright's Annei
And Baker Place
as sample illustrations.
Lots in the "Annex" have
quadrupled in value and arc Btlll
advancing , wliilo a street car line
is already building ; past Baker
Place , adding hundreds of dollars
to the value of every lot.
Albright's Choice was selected by
mo with the greatest oaro after a
thorough study and with the full
knowledge of its value , and I can-
conscientiously say to these soot
ing a safe and profitable Invest
ment that
Albright's ' CMce
offers chances not excelled in this
market for a sure thing.
Early investors have already reap
ed largo profits in CASH , and with
the many important Improvements
contemplated , some of which are
now under way , every lot in this
splendid addition will prove a bo
nanza to first buyers.
Further information , plats and
prices , will bo cheerfully furnish
ed.
Buggies Ready at All Times to
Show Property ,
Respectfully
W.C.ALBBIGHT
. . ,
SOLE OWNER ,
218 South 15th Street.
Itranch office at South Omaha
If. B , Property for sale < tt < * \l \
part * of thi city. , '