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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , APKIL 10. 1887. THE DAILY BEE , PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. Dnllr ( Mornl.K ? Edition ) Incltiaiiiff Hundnr IlKR , Dun Yuar. . (1001 For Blx Months . 5 00 KorThrcn Month * . K W Tim Uiimlin Sunday llnu , mulled to any iullro < 8 , one Your. . . . 200 O'fAtiA Ornrr , No. 9li ANI > 9W KAIIVAM a NK\V VOIIK nrric'Ei lluoii in. TIIIMI'NR nttiuiisii. OVVICK , Mo. i' Alt comrnunlctitions rclatliu to news ixnd edl- toriitl mnltor alioulU bo od'lrusaud to thu Koi- ion or Tint HER ? BtlSISCRSLlTMRSt All huilnnftSli'ttorMntulromUtnncos should lie Kldronsud tn Tnr. HEP I'UIIUSIIIMI COMIMSV. DM viu. Drnfls , chocks and pottolllco order' ) to bo inaila payable to the onl.r of tliu couipauy , THE BEE POBLISHIlTciPW , PROPRIETORS , E. KOSEWATKH. EDITOB. THE DAILY BKK. Hwora Statement of Circulation. State of Nebraska. I County l Dotulns. fn < ( ! eo. II. Tzscliuclc , secretary of Tlio Hco Publishing company , does solemnly swn.ir Hint tlionctur\l circulation or the Dally Bee for tlio week ending April 15 , 1SS7 , was as follows : Hiituiday , April 0 . U.r > " 0 Hiimlay , Anrll 10 . 14av > Monday , April 11 . ll/.V . ) Tuesday. April 12 . 14.1'JO Wednesday. April 111 . 14.095 Thursday , April 14 . iiUl5 : ! 1'rlday , April 15 . 14,185 A verau o . 1 4..TJ t ( Jr.o. ii. T/.qouuoK. Subscribed nnd sworn to before mo this ICtb day of April , ISbT. N. P. FKIU [ SKAL. ] Notary Public. Gco. H. Tzschuck , lielnu llr.st duly sworn , deposes nud says tlmt lie Is secretary ot The Heo Publlshlnc company , tlmt the actual RveraKO dally circulation of tlio Dally Boo for the month of April , 1SSO. 12,101 copies ; for .May , 1880 , W , : ' 9 conies ; for June , 18V ) , copies : for July. ISSn , 12.'H t copie.s ; for August , ! H-6 ) , U,4ftl ! > copies : for Septem ber , ISbO , ino : conies ; for Uctnbor , 1SM5 , copies ; for November. 1880 , W.iUS copies ; for December. 18Si ( , I , " , ! * ) ? copies ; for January. lbS7. Ki.'JOO copies ; for February. 18S7. 14,103 cojiles ; for Mnicli , 1837 , 14,400 copies , ( tio. : II. Tx.scni'cic. Subscribed and sworn to bufoio mo this Kith day of April , A. I ) . , 1887. ISKAL.I N. P. Km. . Notary Public. THE republicans of Omaha arc blessed with altogether too many anxious can didates for mayor. Niw : YOIIK enjoyed a snow storm yes terday. Thotoboggan was "housed"in Nebraska , weeks ago. Tin ; democratic city ticket is not to bo made up until four days before election. That isn't giving the ward bums a fair shako. r ' PAYING ( if Icon hundred dollars for pub \ ! lishing Mayor Boyd's election proclama tion in the "combine" is a neat little ' 1-t printing steal , Isn't it ? Tin : wool growers of California are nrotestinp against section four , of the inter-state law. They claim that the railroads want to fleece them. THE stove moulders all over the coun try are out on a strike. Those who have been moulding to make it warm for oth ers , are now moulding to make it hot for themselves. Tun most shocking piece of news that we have had for n long times comes from Denver. The electric cars have boon taken oft' , for the reason that the electric ity in the cables shocked nnd killed horses. * Tin : chemist of the internal revenue bureau has discovered largo quantities of Kansas City butter to bo a poor quality of oleomargarine. This shows the kind of grease they use on the wonderful statistics down there. A SCHOOL teacher in Milwaukee pun ished a scholar for disobedience by pounding him over the back with a ruler. It will bo a glad day when all school teachers learn the dilVorcnco between docent - cent punishment and brutality. A UUMOCK.VTIO contomuornry nominates AVlll Gurloy as the next republican candi date for congress from this district. That would bo nuts for the democrats , but the Church Howe camp'aign is too fresh in the minds of republicans of this district. OMAHA'S future depends very much upon what kind of city government wo shall have during the next two years. The coming city election is of greater moment to our property owners nnd business men than the election of the next president. VITAT. , statistics show that in Great Britain the lives of 83,000 persons are saved yearly by Mm proved sanitation , which has reduced the Heath rate from "Hlth diseases" 2,43 in every thousand of the population. " Hero is n pointer for Omaha. The streets should bu cleansed. Tin : mayor of Youngstown. Ohio , recently attended n performance ; ot the Sullivan combination in that city and "had the champion pugilist brought into his box to thank him personally for what ho was doing to elevate and advance the science of boxing. " This Is encouraging to true artists , in any lino. INFORMATION wanted as to the where abouts of the insurance bill , which mys teriously disappeared on or about the day the Nebraska legislature adjourned sine die. Parties who can furnish the names of the conspirators who spirited away the bill , will receive a liberal re ward. Ouu workingmen never had so many warm friends us they have just now. Every candidate for the council is will ing to vote them six hours work for f a day with full pay for Fourth of July , Christmas , New Years ami St. Patrick's day. The candidates for mayor are will ing to do still better by the workingmen nnd promise to make every mother's son of them street commissioner , building Inspector or watchman at the viaduct. IT may not bo the province of a part ) ftnpcr to interfcri ) with the choice of can- ( IlilnUifl , but it Is certainly in the intoresl ot Iliu party that success in the campaign hll not IKI Imperilled by Impolitic nom In thu present city campaigr r opiit/llc.uu / imnnot a lib id to nom nil ? mnn ( or mayor whoso record < WlltturMn i > f whoso general unpop dlntllf w/liM dofont the whole ticket , contcHt promises to b ( clone , l-'von James IS , lu jwr/i'Miiil / unpopularity ! tuny Weaver Dead. Karly this morning the wires brought : he .sad news of the death of Hon. A. J. Wn.ivor , of Hichardson county. The jriuf account says that his death was sudden entirely unexpected. Though comparatively a young man , Mr. Weaver achieved gioat dis tinction in Nebraska , where he lias been a resident since 1800. As district attorney in tlio first ju dicial district , ami afterwards judge of the same district , Mr. Weaver displayed considerable ability and enjoyed an en viable reputation for honesty anil integ rity. lu ISStf Mr. Weaver was elected to congress , serving four years , being succeeded by lion. John A. Me- Shane. In this higher ollice of trust nnd honor , Mr. Weaver served his con stituents faithfully and well. During the last two years as congressman lie identified himself more closely with the leading issues of the day , and did a good work for Nebraska and her people. .While he was not n man who made friends easily , being by nature scllisli and predisposed to coldness , he yet had scores of admirers throughout the state , to whom the announcement of his death will bo a sad surprise. In ollicoand out of ollice , publicly and privately , Mr. Weaver enjoyed the repu tation of being a strictly honorable and upright man , and in his death the state sutlers a heavy loss. A Neat Printing Steal , When the now charter was pending before the legislature a furious howl was raised against the bill by the Omaha dailies in the famous combine against the UKK. Their chief object of assault was the clause relating to ollicial advertising. Under this provision each paper was re quired to make oath to its carrier deliv ery circulation within the city nnd thu council in awarding the contract was re quired to take into consideration the re lative circulations of the competing papers. This was denounced by the combine as n great printing steal. Cred ulous dupes in nnd out of the legislature , were idiotic enough to believe that there was really a steal contemplated. The true inwardness of _ the howl was tlio fact that a sworn statement of city circulation would have con victed the publishers of tlio combine of systematic fraud on their ad vertising patrons. It would have shown that they were practicing the moat out rageous imposture by claiming two or three and oven live times more local cir culation than they .actually have. Now the shoo is on the other boot leg. A neat printing steal has jus.t been put through by the honcst-combiiii ! which shows what they are capable of doing if they only have half a chance. Lat Sat urday night a paper was circulated hi the council chamber for signature by members of tlio council and smuggled through , which directs or requests Mayor lioytl to publish his election proclama tions in nil the Omaha dailies. These ollicial notices filling two solid columns and measuring forty-eight squares , were promptly set up thu same night and appeared as large as life and twice as natural in the Sunday morning dailies. Now , while the oily of Omaha , under its contract with the UKC , only pays $2-1 for the first publication of these procla mations in the Bin : , which reaches twice as many people in Omnha as all the other dailies combined , the cost of inserting the proclamations m the throe other Oninha-dulllcs , at legal rates , will bo ? M1 for the first day , and $ " 3 for each day nfter the first publication. In other words , the city will pay just six tinier as much to the combine as it docs to the UEI : . In the twenty days between now and election the city will run up a printing bill amounting to just $1,500 for publishing the mayor's proclamation at legal rates in napcrs that do not reach 200 subscribers in Omnha that nro not also on the carrier delivery lists of the HKK. This is about one-third what tlio city will nay the Hr.K for the whole year's advertising , including election proclamations , ordinances , registration lists and ollicial notices of every variety. Was thefu ever such a blank steal perpetrated - potrated on our taxnayers ? I'lio Intcr-Sratc Cnniinorcc liaw. A correspondent propounds the follow ing questions , n > answer to unfavorable comment upon the inter-stato law by an Omaha nowHpapcr , nnd asks the lir.i : to nuswer thorn editorially : 1. Is not the law constitutional , nnd so re garded by the best lawyers of the country ? And Is it not a move in the rlu'ht direction toward placing In the hands oC thu people the control of public carrlois , to do their service at very reasonable rates ? 2. Are not the commissioners given full power to enforce or suspend tlio operation of section 4 ( Ion ; ; ami short haul ) , as In their judgment the people ate served or Injured , or railroads protected or restrained ? . Will not tlie effect of section 5 ( no pool- Ins ) , bo salutary and In thn interests ot com petition , nud does not the law place in the hands of every competing road the power to Investigate , and when necessary prosecute every other road for violating this , or any ottior requirement , In the mime nud by au thority of the United States'.1 4. Is not the publication of all rates pas' seiiRcr and freight a safe-guard against dis crimination , and in not the requirement ol public notice ot Increase of rates In tlio \ \ \ - turest of stabloncss In tr.itllc and commerce' ' C. With the natural ally to this law , that "no two or more line * ot railway traversing same country or states In the same direction nnd renchlu ; ; SUHP ; points shall combine , con solidate or bo managed by sajnoolllceiii , niul In case of violation torftit their charter , " Is this not Btlll further In the Interests of com petition ? 0. If those princlplesnra engrafted In law anil carried out , will not the pooplu be benetUed , niorft thau by sumptuary laws lixlng rates that never can bo giadcdto meet every case nud do justice to all' ' 7 Should not railroad corporatlons.llke news papers nnd other lines of business , bo made to light In the equal Held of competition , .especially when the whole people oie at tcctcd' . ' A StTiiscnniKit. Our response to the nbove will be mndo , briefly , and in the order in whicli the question * are propounded. The inler-stnto commerce law , has passed a scrutiny of some of the most profoumiconstitutlonal ; lawyers in the country , and the provisions will doubtless stand the test m the national supreme court. The right of the people to regulate public carriers is ns unques tioned as Is the power of congress to regulate the commerce between the states. The restrictions imposed upon public carriers nro clearly in the interest of the public. The inter-stato commission has full power to relieve any common carrier from the restrictions imposed bi section 4 or the act which prohibits H greater nggrcgato charge for a shorter than for a longer distance , but the net only uulliori7.es the commission to suspend this provision , In special cases nftor duo Investigation. It is dllllctilt to predict the practical oll'cct of the suction which prohibits pool ing. Its aim is to prevent combinations that do away with competition. Uniform rates will be established , and if they re main as high as the present schedule makes them , the benefits of competition arc not perceptible. The net grants to every individual or corporation tlio right to make complaint ; of violations of the law , and competing railroads nro not barred from enforcing the provisions of tlio law by making complaints against roads tlmt evade it. Publicity of rates is admitted to bo an important safeguard against discrimina tion , ami has been so found in all coun tries and states where it has been en forced. There is no doubt that uniformity and stability of rates are in , the interest of thu mercantile patrons of the railways. The clause prohibiting the consolida tion of parallel lines is doubtless intended to insure competition , but a provision to prevent the building of parallel lines through territory which is amply served by one road would prove of greater advantage in the long run. Thu second parallel line .seldom decreases rates , but rather tends to keep thorn up , when a single road would bo In con dition by reason of increased earnings , to reduce iU tolls. The law of the "survival of the littc't" or rather the survival of the lightest whicli governs newspapers and other lines of business cannot , in our opinion , be made applicable to public carriers especially railroads. If a newspaper or mercantile enterprise1 is wrecked by mis management , or robbed by dishonest olllcials , it is forced to the wall , and goes under. 15ut railroads , despoiled by credit-mobilior , construction rings , or wrecked by incompetent or extrava gant management , continue to ex- i"ist. They subsist on the people ple , who are copmolled to pat- roni/.o them , and levy taxes in tlio shape of tolls upon the products of the country they traverse , to pay principal and inter est of the fraudulent debts created , nnd moneys squandered. Thco peculiar re lations between public carriers nnd the people , have made intcr-stato regulation an absolute necessity. The law is doubt less duioctivo , but the attempt of the rail roads to nullify it , by stringent nnd dis torted application of its provisions , will recoil upon them , and bring about legis lation that will not bi > misinterpreted. Tlio AroiiHdorf Trial. No criminal trial of recent date in this country attracted Mich widespread inter est and attention as that of John Arena- dorf at bioux City , la. , charged with the murder of lli-.v. George C. Haddock. This celebrated case occupied three weeks in the hearing , nnd resulted in the disagree ment of the jury , the vole standing eleven tor acquittal and one /or conviction. The trial was conducted , both on the pnrt of the slate and the defense , with srrcut care nnd marked ability. The prosecution had labored industrioubly for months in fer reting out the supposed criminals nud securing - curing evidence , so that when the indict ment of Arensdorf was obtained there was a very general feeling that it would be found so iortilied by direct nnd cir cumstantial evidence , as to fully satisfy the ends of justice. This feeling was strengthened by the earlier developments of the case. The defense , however , pre sented t much stronger position than it was expected to do , nnd the latter developments of the trial , had unquestionably effected a very great change in public opinion favorable to the accused. The number of people who believed before tuo con clusion of the trial that some other one , than Arensdorf , ol the alleged conspira tors was guilty of the shooting of Had dock , was probably greater than thu number who believed tlio accused to bo guilty. In order to sustain the indictment the state was required to establish the' exist ence of n conspiracy to which the ac cused was a party , having for its object the whipping and injury of Haddock , as wnll us to prove that Aronsdorf fired tlio fatal shot The evidence of a conspiracy rested wholly upon the testimony of Lenvitt nnd Koschuiski , alleged accom plices in the crime , nnd whoso unsup ported evidence was not good in law. To the charge that Aruo. dorf did the shooting- the defense interposed an alibi. I oth sides regarded the question of con spiracy ns pivotal , as did the court also in its charge , whicli very explicitly ex plained the force to be given this ques tion in determining the guilt or innocence of the accused. The weakness on this point of the prosecution was in tlio insuf ficiency before the law , nnd necessarily In the minds of the jurors , of the evidence of the alleged accomplices. It is another nxnmplu of the worthlcssness of such evi dence with the average jury , oven when the circumstances appear to support it , whereit is not sustained by reputable testimony. In the mam aflirinutivo de fense , that of the alibi , it is not question able that the weight of credible evidence was iu favor of tlio accused , nnd the con spiracy allegation having failed , for the reason noted , there was certainly good ground for a reasonable doubt of the guilt of the defendant. The court charged that if the jury found thi.s state of facts to exist , it was their duty to acquit. II was this plain and simple line of dutj that was followed by tlio cloven jurors who voted for acquittal. If this result is disappointing to many , it will bo accepted by all who desire that only exact justice shall bo done. There should bo atonement for this crime , but it must bo had only by fixing the guilt whom it undoubtedly belongs. Wo have no doubt that all rational and unpreju diced people will acquiesce in the viovs that the eleven men who voted for ao- quittal had good and reasonable ground ! for their action. Meanwhile justice de mands that the effort to find the murdcrot and bring him to punishment shall not halt. Omaha's ClnarancoH , The extraordinary increase of nearly 137 per cent in the clearances of the Omaha banks last week as compared with the corresponding week of last year , will not escape attention in quarters whore such evidence of advancing pros perity is properly understood. The city stood eighteenth in the list in the amount of clearances , leading Cleveland and Indianapolis among the important trade centers , while m per centage of Increase it was far hi rtdwuico of nil others. There could bo no mori certain or safer assur- unco than tlics figures give of the re- markable mntc ial progress ot Omaha nnd the countr tributary to It. They show that nowhcro else is the for ward movement so vigorous , and what l.s more to the pnrp'oso it is nowhere else founded upontn iurcr and more substan tial basis. Every dollar that Is being in vested in OmahA in legitimate enterprises is certain to W returned with gain , and the opportunities for such investment are but in the beginning of their develop ment. The rapid growth of Nebraska alone , to say nothing of the developing country west of it , gives nssuimice that the present metropolitan position of Omaha will bo dwarfed by com parison ton years hence. At pres ent the strides this city Is taking in that direction nro apparent on every hand. The activity of building enter prises , many of them on a very largo scale , was never greater than now. New mercantile houses are making their ap pearance almost daily. Industrial pro jects nro multiplying. Population is pouring in. The current year promises to be the most prosperous in the city's history , and it will li.v moro firmly HID Mrong and enduring foundations of Omaha's future growth. IT is announced that the victorious democrats of Uhodo Island , probably by way of setting an example to the na tional admi.iistration , intend to make n clean sweep of the republican ollico holders. It is an opportunity they have not had in a number of years , and they propose showing what they understand true democracy to mean. A Uoston journal reminds them that the republican party was not unmindful of worthy dem ocrats while it held control of the state , havtngappointcd judicial and other olli- curs who were democrats , and suggests that they ought now to remember these facts. There is no probability that any such appeal will bo heeded , and there is no really good reason why it should bo. .The. republicans of Rhode Island were defeated at the late election because the people believed them unworthy of being longer entrusted with power. The people ple were doubtless right , and having pre ferred the other party , they will properly expect it to fill the olliccs. It is on trial nnd should not burden itself with out siders , The republican machine nnd all its attachments should be sent to the mar , ns demanded by the vote of the people. Tin : late Chief Justice Cnrtler , of the supreme court of'the District of Colum bia , was in sonic4 respects a remarkable man. He Icarno the printing trade and pursued it fora number of years , deriv ing from it both knowledge and the means that cn'nblcd him to enter thu pro fession of law. He always held the "art preservative" in great respect , and years ago could always be depended upon to respond at a Franklin celebration. Ho was an excellent talker and the enter taining character , of his addresses was not lessened by the fact of his having an impediment iu bin speech , but rather im proved with those familiar with tins de lect. At the time of his appointment to the bench ho was , not regarded as a learned but -ho in the lawyer , - grew judi cial position , and came to bo esteemed an exceptionally strong and able man , while his integrity was never in the slightest degree questioned. As an advo cate lie was almost savagely aggressive , and when Dave Cartlcr was to speak in a case of general popular interest , there was certain to bo a crowded court room. Lincoln had a strong liking for Cartlcr , wl.o was quite as ungainly of figure nnd homely of face as the martyr president himself. Tin : appointment .of n minister from Austria-Hungary to the United States , and his reception bv this government , was noted some days ago. On last Saturday tlio president responded to this evidence of good will from the Austrian govern ment by appointing General Alexander 11. Lawlon , of Georgia , minister to Aus tria , The friendly relations between the two governments , which were supposed to have been somewhat impaired by thu Kiely episode , arc therefore now fully restored , neither having experienced any disndvnntago from the interruption of full-diplomatic intercourse , but both.in a tinanalal way having gained something. Minister Laulon scums to have been marked by the president for diplomatic work. Ivirly in tlio administration ho was nominated for minister to Itussin , but being at tlist time one of the "unre pentant rebels" was not eligible. Con gress having removed his disabilities , the president has preferred him to other more widely known democrats for the first important mission thalolYored. ( ten- era ! Lnwton is said to bo well equipped as a lawyer and scholar for the position , tlio most exacting duties of whicli are understood to bo of a social nature. THE Philadelphia 1'rcss , a paper founded by the late John W. Forney , nnd for years a staunch supporter of existing systems of monopoly , has this to say concerning the attempts of the railroads to make a farce of the inter-stato com merce law : "Therajlroads will find they are meddling with dynamite if their pol icy once sets the ido4 afloat that they nro trying to make the iijter-slato commerce act odious by straining its provisions. Fed eral supervision of our great railroad systems has come ti > stay , and a wise pol icy Is to make tlut best terms possible with the now partnoi. " Had those sen- timents been uttered by the I KK , the rail- road organs nnd rail lawyers , here- about , would have t-cornfully pronounced its editor a "communist" nnd "anarch ist. " ALL things bsing > cqual wo would ad vise tlut no man employed by any rail road corporation bjo nominated for the council. It is no use talking , experience has shown that nine out of ten railroad employes elected to the council or the legislature have been unable to with stand the corporation pressure. When n man has tu ohooso between bread and butter for his family and his pledges before election ho will go back on the pledges nearly every lime. If the work- inginun of Omaha want representation in the council let them choose from among the hundreds of competent and honest mechanics who are not hampered by railroad ties. EVKIMT republican taxpayer should at tend next Friday's primaries. It Is much easier to defeat dishouost candidates tit the primary'cldctlon than to keep job bers from being elected. If the disrepu table and lawle s clement ; * carry the primaries of both parties the decent voter must take to the woods and surrender the city to the thugs and thieves. I'llOMlNKNT 1'KUSONS. Wllholmj , the violinist , Is plnylne to en thusiastic nuctlonccs In Hungary. Congressman liuttcrworth Is a Quaker and uses the Quaker phrase In his family , Senator Kdmunds' pet Is a highly-bred bull dog , which Is constantly with him In his library. Benjamin Gregg , who died n fcw'days ago In Rochester , N. Y. , had voted at every pres idential election since Jackson's day. Hu always claimed , ami on nppaiently good grounds , that he was the lirst man to'suggest the name of General Grant for the presi dency. Pauline hucca , the distinguished cnnta- trice , has received the medal for art nnd sci ence from the Prince Regent of Havarls , John A. Logan , jr. , has been presented with n half Interest In the extensive quarry business of his father-in-law , .Mr. Andrews , at Youngstown , O. It Is said that In July bchaefcr.Slosson and Ylgnaux will hold n private billiard tourna ment at .Mine. Pattl's castle at Cralg-y-nos- ' . It Is further rumored that the prince of Wales will be pit-sent at the time. Historian Bancroft has gone to Nashville , Tenn. , where ho will make a visit of a month or six weeks. The principal oblocts of his tourney nrd to scu Mrs. James K. Polk and to collect certain historical material. Justus II. Schwab , one of the most violent and virulent of the New York anarchists , pleads guilty of tlio ownership of 520,000 In government bonds. It Is not believed tliat Mr. Schwab really contemplates or Intends an Immediate overthrow of the covornment. Mrs. IiOjuu has returned to Washington and Is living quietly at her moiiie , Calumet place , on the noithern boundary of the city. Her plans for tholuturo have not been fully decided upon , though It is probable that she will make Calumet place her permanent home. Her son-in-law , Major Tucker , is In the army , and he nnd his family will reside with her. Something That in Kvcr Hcl'oro tlio Ohionn. Cfiidmmlt ( 'ommcrcfuf. And above all things consider well the per suasive power of boodle. The Kansnn I'Jxpnriiuent. ' Plill itleliilitct llcconl. Judging from the Kansas experiment the colored woman with n b.illnt in her hand Is as dangerous an Innovation as a cowboy at n camp m--etliig. The ballot has been likened to llulitulng In executing a t'reeman'.s will. The lightning from female thunderclouds is likely to strike very miscellaneously. A Delimit I'assenjjcr. C/ilrnu" / lleialil. The Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad de manded under cover of. the inter-stnto com- mcrcu bill , a life pass previously in-anted to a Fort Wayni ) merchant , In consideration of a grautot land. The meichaut gave up the pass , but ho has buon ridln ; free up and down the line ever since , vainly looking for a conductor who darc.s to put him oil the train. A Face. Gti > . Ilttiwen J.cii'f-t ( i Atnirtcan .IMi/iUfiif. As hurt It-ill v along the crowded stieet 1 pushed my way , a woman's nwtul face Conlioiited me , and darkened nil thu place \Vhi-ioin wo walked ; then talthtul memory lleet Rushed buck Into the duskv past to meet ( Jre.it Dante's creatures all that direful race Of piteous souls that traversed hell's wild hpaco And vainly battled with the woes that beat Against the nuked spirit. And I thought : This woman's tact ) to soum lost .soul belones , Escaped Iron ) its dark prison , and dlstiaught ; And now It elides among the eager throngs To clutch thelrsoiils with tenor , and restrain Their feet 1'iom luring ways that lead to pain. HTATI3 AXI > TKUUirOUY. Nebraska Jotting * . Shclton has subscribed $5,000 to start a creamery. Lincoln will scrape up $10,000 , from saloons this year. Columbus has comu up to the scratch with a three-lo2gcd chicken. Piety hill , in Madison , is conspicuous by the absence of churches. Another daily paper threatens Norfolk. One alllctlon follows another. Thu martial spirit has broken out m Nebraska City , and a military company is likely to result. Mrs. Frank Ptncck , wife of a Uutlcf county farmer , suicided by hanging , last week. No cause assigned. The corporation of Deadman , Uowes county , is moving for a cemetery , where it will teol more at home. The county or precinct without a rail road surveying corps these balmy days is blessed beyond calculation. The new Masonic hall in Hen trice will bo dedicated next Monday. Hon. C. K. Coolant , of Omaha , will preside at thu ceremonies. The state lish commissioners have deci ded to procure 25)00,000eggsof ( ) porch from the hatcheries at Hay City , Mich. , to hatch and plant in the waters of the state. Madison has just completed a large new schtml-housu. fitted the grounds up in attractive shupo and still has a balance of § 723.50 on hand iu the school treasury. The gamblers of 1-remont have been notified that their presence will no longer bo tolerated in that city , nud tlmt unless they depart they will bo arrested for vagrancy. . Seven .stalwarts of the ( } . O. P. are being consoled with certificates of character - actor from democratic papers. Post mortem tributes are generally favorable to the defunct. The Odd Follows of Nebraska City have purchased the lot on the corner of Sixth and Main streets for ? fi,200 , on whicli they propose to erect one of the finest buildings in the city. Working plans of the Nebraska City water works have been received and the worn of construction will begin within ten days. The pumping station , a hand some two story building , will be equipped with two direct-acting compound pump ing engine * , with a capacity of two mill ion gallons of water per day. The stand pipit will bo 12 } foot in diamntov and 100 foct high. The contract calls for six miles of mains. Iowa ItoniR. Waterloo sighs for natural gas. Audiibon Is to have a $10,000 , llourlng mill and Manilla a ijri.OOO hotnl. Tlio treasurer of Leo county collected $110,000 of taxes during tlio mouth of March. A beaver weighing forty-five pounds was caught near Hamourg one day re cently. The state oratorical contest will bo held at Goodwin's opera house , Waterloo , April 20. At Dubuqun the outgoing city adminis tration loft a balance in the treasury of $ -i,57iU9. ! ) Crawford county farmers have organ ized a mutual tire and lightning insur ance company. It is predicted tlmt more now laud will bo broken in O'Hriou county this year than over before in a single yenr. Over 500 tramps hnvo been given lode- ings at the I police station ut Marshall- town since the beginning of winter. The closing of the big distillery at Dos Moincs irives peculiar interest to the phrase , tfWith all her faults wo loyu her still. " It Is estimated that three hundred men nnd end thousand horses have left Clay county this spring to engage in railroad building. The Polk county grand jury , now in session at DCS Moincs , has Indicted every drug store in the ulty but one , for viola tion of thu prohibitory law , Frank 1) . Ward , for seventeen years a conductor on the Burlington road , has quit railroading , and will hereafter do the granger act near Chariton. Keokuk for the municipal year ended April 5 received s10lW7.-l.r from license- * , and of this amount $ Hi.tO ! ; ! is credited to "houses of entertainment. " A jealous suitor attempted to batter down the bedroom door of n ncw-mndo brldo at Dea Moincs the other night , nnd only censed his oll'orts when the police carried him oil' . An Iowa paper , announcing the killing of a woman , stated that she was " .shot In the street. " A jury of six experienced men were unable to discover that portion tion of feminine anatomy and rendered a verdict accordingly. S. T. Acres , of the well known bookmaking - making and publishing house of Acres , Blackmail & Co. , Burlington , died at his ro.sidcnco in that city Wednesday morn ing last. Ho was seventy-one years of ago. ago.Ottumwa i.s well supplied with arti ficial light. The electric light company has thirty-one arc and 1,000 incandescent lights running , and in addition to this the gas company has eighty-six street lamps in operation. William Hawkins , a prosperous farmer living near Altoona , Polk county , in a lit of Insanity almost beat his wife to death witii n stick of wood Wednesday morn ing. He has been sent to the insane asy lum at M' . Pleasant. Chris Kelnliart , living near Cedar Falls , is the possessor of a rather curious freak of nature. It is the bodof a colt with 110 forelegs , the skin where they should havu been being perfectly smooth , and nothing to show that nature ever hnd thu least intention of placing legs on that part of the body. Dakota. Jamestown's artesian well cost $7,000. ' 1 wo miles of street railway will be laid in Sioux Falls this yenr. The two breweries nt Fargo Inst year manufactured 800,400 gallons of beer. Aberdeen claims to bu the railroad hub of thu territory. It now has twelve pas senger trains daily. The Presbyterians at Rapid City nro making preparations to build n hand some church edifice. Alexandria will guarantee the milk of TOO cows to any person who will establish a cheese factory nt that place. The now board of regents of the uni versity at Verimllioii was in session last week. D. M. Innian was chosen chair man of the board and K B. Dawson sec retary. The east wing of the main build ing and another dormitory will bu erected this season. FargoV city council has grnntcd the Duluth , Fnrgo & Black Hills railway the right to outer the city over certain streets. The company hrn one year in which to comply with the provisions of the grant aud promises to moot all its terms within six months. "It cannot be denied,1' says the Black Hills Times , "that the Big Bund is rapidly developing into the colossal fraud of the century , thu success of which is the moro surprising by reason of the continuous and conspicuous exposition of the in iquity of tlio scheme , maintained by rep utable newspapers of the Hills , where the character of the property is well known. " Tlio "Drummer" and Inter-Stato A'cic 1'ni/i / llvcntno I'ost. The "drummer" has got into the su preme court of the United States , and his vocation has become one of national consideration. The highest federal court has decided that state legislation requir ing drummers from other states to take out licenses to ply their vocation of sell ing goods by samples , is in violation of the commerce clause of the constitution , the drummer being considered as essen tially part of the machinery of inter state commerce , and liable to control only by national legislation. The court was divided , as * it was in the decision of the railroad case whicli led to the passage of the inter-stato railroad law at present so much discussed. Mr. Justice Bradley wrote the majority opinion , Chief Justice Waite writing a vigorous dissent , con curred in by Justices Hold and Gray. In the railroad case , which was decided last fall , Mr. Justice Bradley wrote the dis senting opinion , in which the chief jus- lice and Mr. Justice ( Jray concurred. The case of the drummer was finally decider ! only hist month , A traveling ' salesman of'a Cincinnati paper ware- hon o visited Memphis , Tenu. , which has become what is known as the "taxing district of Shelby county. " Hero he temporarily rested , with his array of samples , and entered on the business of soliciting orders from such samples for the goods of his employers. The legis lature of the state of Tennessee had en acted "that alj drummers and all persons not having a licensed house of b'usiness in the taxing district , offering for sale or selling goods , wares or merchandise therein by sample , shall bu required to pay to the iiounty trustees the sum of $10 per week or if'5 per month , for ouch privilege , and no license shall bo issued for a period longer thau three months ; " aud to exercise such occupation without first having paid thu tax or taken out the license was made n misdemeanor , pun ishable by a line of from $5 to $50. Under this law the drummer from Cincinnati was prosecuted for not having first taken out a license , was convicted and sontnnced to pay a line of ten dollars. He appealed to the supreme court of Tennessee , where the conviction was affirmed , and from the state court the case was carried to the su preme court of the United States , with the result above stated , the judgment of the supreme court of Tennessee being re versed , the drummer released from hU line and declared lienciiforth free , with nil his brethren , to prnotieo the vocation of "drumming" throughout the country , without lot or hindrance from state leg islation , and until congress shall estab lish laws for their guidance. In the prevailing opinion , Mr. Justice Bradley declares that the question "is one of great importance to the people of the United Status , bolh as it ru.spoels their business interests and their consti tutional rights. " There can bo no doubt but that this is so. The question Is not anew now one. for frcqucntuud vexatious cnsits have already nrison from the efforts of curtain ritate.s and localities to levy toll on the "drummer. " In this case , as In the railroad case , the dissenting opinion points out thu hardships which ari.su troni the ruling laid down by thu judgment of the court. The chief justice in his dis senting opinion says : This taxing district is situated on the west ern boundary ol Tennessee. To tret Into another stnto It Is only iweisnry to cioss the .Mississippi river to Aikuiioas. It may bu said to bu nn historical fact that tlio clutter ot Memphis win abolished and Urn taxing district i-stabll-livd because of tint oppressive ilebtot Memphis , and the records of tills court furnish abundant ovldimuo of thu heavy taxation to whicli property nud busi ness within tln < limits of both thu old cor poration and the new hnvn bcuu for many years necessarily mibjeoted. Merchants in Tunuesseunii ) by law lunulred to pay taxo * on thu uuiount ot their stock on hand nnd a prlvieo ! : tax besides. Uudur tliesu clicum- Htiiiictjs it I.s easy to BOO tlmt if a merchant trom another state could cairy on a business In the district by sending bills nseuts tliuru with samples of his goods lie secure orders for deliveries from his ritnck nt homo.ho would eujoy a privilege ot exemption tiom taxationwhich the local murchaiit would not havu unless In somu form ho could bu sub jected to taxation for what he did In thu lo cality. The same course 6f reasoning , with probably some variation in the fticK < would bi < true as to many localities , anil there Is little doubt that now , when the power of the states to control the sub ject Is nutliorltivuly overthrown by thn court of last resort , the Interference of congress will be sought at IU next ses sion. A Htrnncc ( Jiuitrnillotloii. st. roiih ; .vi > MfiMii. Some reliable prognosis that will re veal the outcome of thu tradu , and labor contradictions of the day scums called for. All producers who can , arc combin ing to limit production nnd keep up price * . Pooling is the universal ten dency. Manufacturers are combining to restrict production , and laboring men are combining to sut an artificial and arbitrary limit to the supply of labor The owners of anthracite coal minus of Pennsylvania meet in New York and resolve that the output for thu year shall bu only so much , and that the price shall bo advanced ' . ' 5 cents a ton. The dU tillers unite in n pool to keep up tlm price of whisky by restricting the pro duction to so many gallons. The .steel rail mills do the same thing ; and so do the cotto nsccd oil mills , the barb wire makers , the vapor stove mnnutnctur- crs , the sewing machine makers , and many other producers. A curious part of this pooling business is that establish ments hero and there , nil over thu conn try , are paid a good price for closing up and remaining idle , while the others keup in operation and supply the market. It would surprise thn St. Louis public to see a list ot thu productive establish ments in this city that earn a net income of $10,000 to sMCO.OOO a year by diligently doing nothing. But heie comes in the contradiction. While we nro combining nnd pooling to limit production and keep up prices , we are importing-100,000 additional workers from abroad every year , nnd inventing new machines and processes to lie the work of another -100,000 all with the ob- jent of increasing production and cheap ening the things produced. Nay , ns if something were still wanted to aggravate the amn'/.ing inconsistency , the manufac turers themselves are violently augmenting - ing thu producing capacity of thu coun try by invading schools and kitchens and decoying children and women into their mills and factories. Coal Will Go Up. .S't Hint Glolie. Mr. Law , a prominent coal dealer of Chic-igo , and with one exception the most extensive .shipper of coal in thu country , declares that throughout the west the price of coal will be increased by the inter-state commerce law. Whether the new law will , or will not , have an actual ell'ect upon the price of coal Is a question that can only be deter mined by experience. It is pretty cer tain , however , that the coal dealers , that is thu great mining nnd distributing linns , will take advantage of the excuse afforded .by the inter-stale couunorcu law to rni.se the price of their product. They have-not hesitated in the past tenet not that way without the shadow of an exousu , and there i.s little doubt that they will hesitate to do so in the future. Of all monopolists none are moro grasping and unscrupulous than Uio wealthy coal corporations. Of them it may truly bo said that they have no souls , and the consumers , to many of whom the matter of an additional half , dollar on each ton of coal is a serious thing , can well appreciate that fnot by experience. When a half do/en wealthy men can anther together in a sumptu ously turm.shcd parlor , and arbitrarily wring scores of additional thousands from the pockets of the people , as was the case but n year ago , it would boom that the coal producers are as discerning of legislative nttontion ns arc the rail roads. The west , opposed to nil form of protection for the benefit of monopolists nt the iivpcii.se of thu people , is certainly not oppoiod to some means , logislutivo or otherwise , of forcing the coal dealers to kcup within tlio bounds of reason in fixing the price of an article that is an absolute necessity. A GREAT MAN OF IRON. History of n IManufncturlnu family Iteocntly Alllod to the Orleam I'rlncoa. There was a great gathering of French royalty and aristocracy at Creusot on the 10th ot February in honor ot the marriagu of the daughter of Mr. Henri Schneider , the proprietor of the world-famed Iron Works , to the Marquis do Chaponay.who is the chief representative of one of the oldest families in France. The Due do Charters himself acted an the bride's wit ness , while the Due do Broglio performed the same ollico tor the bridegroom. Tin men employed on the works , who num ber over seven thousand , and who , like those of Mr. Krnpp , nt Kssun , in Germany , form a towiuhjp of their own , received two days' holiday , and pre sented complimentary addresses to thu young couple , in return for which tlm.y were banqueted uuder a aeries of im mense tents. The history of the Schneider family i.s curious nnd somewhat characteristic. The father of the present proprietorwho founded these immense works , was the Mr. Schneider who succeeded the Due do Morny on the lattur's death as president of the legislative chamber. His clean shaven nnil sallow facewith itspeoulinrly sardonic and sneering smile.Ins shrnuKun women aspect , together , with Ins thin gray locks.liavo . always remained graven on my memory , nnd will bu roiwmbure'l by all thoio who have read Alplion/o Daiidot's novel , The Nabob. The morals of the old man who , like most of the othur French iron masters , was nn Alsatian by birth , were ol a most elastic nature , anil somewhl in keuping with those of the second empire. HU pa tient nnd long-titillering wifu was forced by him to rccoivci as resident visitors at her house nt Purls n beautiful dunu > , together with her two lovely daughters. As to the ivilntions which existed bat ween the lady and old Schneider there was mi- forunntely no doubt possible , for thi > y constituted a public scandal. As to the paternity of thu two youiig.sirls noth ing positive is known on the s'ubjoel , al though thu fact that they were bunelitteil to an enormous extent by the old innn'n will , gives some grounds for thu popular rumors on the subject. In lHr > ! > , to thu intense astonishment of evoiybody , ihu old man arranged a marriage between his only son , Henri , ( by his legitiniatu wifu ) and thu eldest of thu two daughters of his tiur , but frail friend. I'-ven thu Parisians WITH nghnst at such a di > pny ! of cynicism. As tlio britlo , however , was one of the loveliest girls in Franco , young Henri Schnuldur made no dilli- cultic.s on the subject , and thu murriaga took place. Karly in 1970 the iuimunsu ritriko took place at Cruusot , which leiul to much bloodshed and precipitated thu downfall ot the umpire. During the durk days of the war of 1870-7) ) the Sehneidur.s sought refuge In England , and I always remember meet ing the whole clan , that is , the old man aud his wife , his bollonmiu , with her two daughters , and his son , in one of the picture galleries at the South Kensington Museum. In 1S71 young Henri Schneider lost hU wlfo , nnd within n year mnrnttd her sis - lor , who.nlthough ut the present moment thu mother of grown up daughters , is still a mnrvllously beautiful woman. Of course with thu tall of the umpire thu whole Schneider family abandoned their iervont attachment to the Napoleonic dynasty , nnd since 1872 the Orleans prin cess have hnd no moro unthuslnstlo sun- . porters nnd courtiers than Mr. and Mr * . Henri Schneider. The old man has "gono . hence , " but it would bo tincluritablq t . ; suggest hia present placu of residence. . . ' * ' n