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. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUlNDAi' . APKIL 24. 18&/-TWiJL\K ] PAGES. THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. ntnMS or suBscmrrto * t Pallr ( Momlair Edition ) Including Sunday KI. Oft YMU-.A . flO 00 for 81 * Month * . . . GOO rnrThroo Months . . . 3 M rtio Omaha Sunday IJcc , mailed to nny Jdrtcw , One Ye r. . , . S 00 ftxATlA nmrr. No. nu AND OM rAimw H w YORK flrriir , Rntm tt. TmrnivK nrmmva. WAHIII NU ru.V OrrlC * . NO. CU roUHTEEMTII 8 rUBKT. connrsi'ONDF.vct ! All cemmtmlcitions relntlnif to news and edi torial mutter should bo aU'iroMcd to tlio Kin- roit or TIIK LtEK. BUSINtMMTTEIWt All btMlnem Icttorg and remittance * ibonld be a < MreMd to TUB Hun I'uuuiniNa UOMIMMV , OMtHA. Drafts , chocks end pounfflre onion to be intilo payable to the enl ref the company , THE BEE POBLISIliuOMPHIT , PHflPBIETORS , E. IlOSEWATEIl , EniTon. THE I ) AI I/IT BEE. Hworn Statement of Circulation. Btatc of Nebraska , I _ I'oiintv of Dou.-las. | " ' " Gw > . H. TzschticK , sfcretarv of The Bee , Publishing company , doc ? solemnly swear that the actual circulation of thu Daily liee for the week ending April 15 , 1SST , was as follows : 8alird.1 ! > , ApHl 9 . IVT-O Sunday , Auril 10 . ll. 50 Mnndav , April 11 . 14.fi.50 Tuesday. April 12 . 14,1'JO Wwlnemlay. April 13 . U.oio TmiMdav , April 14 . Ki.utr. Friday , April n . .14,185 Average QKO. li. T/.SOIUTCK. Subscribed and su-oin to befuie roe trtli lOtli day of April , 1837. N. P. Frit * [ HKAM Notary 1'ttblic. Gco. U. T/schuck , being tlrst duly sworn , deposes and Rays that ho Is secretary of The Bee Publishing company , that the actual average daily circulation of the Dally Boa for the month of April , ItWi. 12,191 coplei ; for May , 1880 , 12,4:19 : copies ; for June. 188o , l'J.2W copies ; for July. 1S8-1 , 12,014 ropier ; for August , UM ) , 12,4 < H copies ; for September - ber , 13VJ , 13wo ; copies ; for October. liWJ , J2is3 ! copies ; for November. 1SSO , 13H : copied' for December. 188(1. ( 13,217 copies ; for January , 1887. lfiS6rt copies ; for February. 18H7 , 14,19a copies ; for March , 1887 , 14,400 copies. Oio. : H. T/scirucit. Subscribed and sworn to before mo this 15th day of April , A. D. , 1887. ISKAL.I Js' . P. Fr.it , "Notary Public. Contents of the Sunday Hoc , Page I. New Vork Herald Cablegrams Specials to the BKK. Cuneral Telegraphic News. Paee3. Telegraphic flews. City News. Miscellany. Page 3. Special Advertisements. Page 4. Editorials-Political Points. In th Lighter Vein Passing Kvents. Sun day Gossip. Pa < e 5. Lincoln News. Miscellany. Advertisements. Paged. Council Bluffs News. Miscellany , Advertisements. Pace 7. ( leneral and Local Markets. Ad vertisements. Page8. City News. Advertisements. Page 9. Humorist'Happy Ults. My Senorita - orita , by Wallace P. Ueed.-Foretold Her Own Death. Advertisements. Page 10. ilonnlo Annie Laurie Honey For the Ladles. Conuublalltios. Advertise . wants. ' Page 11. Sfme. Pattl'a Inconsistency , by Claia Belle. Citizen John Sherman , by Con. " Musical and Dramatic. Educa tional. Religious. Dakota s Misfortune. Advertisement * . Page 12. Omaha Society Events. Omaha Maidens Who Work. Ad\ertlseujents. Ouit state llsh commission has sent for 5,000,000 moro eggs of wall-eyed pike. Our prairies will be ahre with 'cm by next fall. SANA.TOU REAGAN , not satisfied with bis fame as an iutor-stato railway regulator , U now stumping the state of Texas for prohibition. A man who would lubor to do away with railroad possea and cock' ' la'fs is certainly n public benefactor. TUB Dominion ol Canada la in debt 9238,000,000. Extravagance is assigned M the cause of the rapidly increasing in debtedness. And this , too , in the face of the fact that the United States sen da large numbers of its best financiers there every Tear. _ _ . _ _ _ _ , THE Salvation army parades the street f Peoria , III. , and defies the chief of police. A town with thirteen distilleries running night and day and a Salvation Army running at large should repose in the nrms of happiness and bo oblivious to all the straggled of the outside bustling World. _ MR. KtJBT , of Illinois , has succeeded in IMuwlng a "gallon law , " which prohibits the telling of liquor in country districts to quantities loss tnan live gallons.There te many Illinois statesmen who would ' worn to purchase less than five gallons f liquor at one time. WE are much pleased to learn that "tho xprcij companies have no complaint to Mke against the operation of the inter fltato commerce law. " Presumablj not They never charge moro for a short than tor a longer haul. People who hnve boon robbed by express companies will testify to this. _ _ - . _ . _ . . _ . WOMAN Is working wonders in Kansas , A Judge , who no doubt was captivatec fey the sireuical blandishments of woman suffragist , recently decided that 'a Woman docs not chaugo her name by Marrying , but that she retains what i gfenorally known as her 'maiden' nauio through life. DnsMorNES has a base ball club , and M the papers ari to be believed , her citi- ons feel proud of it. And by the way the spring of the year is the proper tiruo to foci proud of a newly organized base ' tall club. When the boys como homo , fetor on in the summer , with a nest ot Vgooso eggs" marked after each contest , otuohow or other it is hard to feel proud { them then. fh ' AT a recent meeting of prominent h teachers in Illinois , Dr Hewitt , of Chicago cage , in the course of the evening , told .how , when ho began to teach forty years go , he was fortunately able to got about , f in a month and the privilege of "board- Mg round" and ho pros u mod that no ono f lso could toll a similar story. It was finally recalled however that a largo sutubor of the most eminent professors ta America commenced thuir life by * teaching on a small salary and "board- tag round" in the district. A LAROB hill In Georgia has been dis covered which sends out electricity with Much fervor. Excavators are cured of \tkcutuatiioi , and people not privileged , t have that sportive dlsoaso are cheered tfeU not inebriated by the electric cur- "It is thought that electricity will AftaHjr aolve tha prohibition question , fcelalms an enthusiastic temperance * Worker wno has watched the effects of vtk currents of thla wonderful hill. Ho * rceU to rtmember that tbe "patients" < * * pceivlng the "now life" may have a Jug T two hid last ovarthe brow of the hill , ' * i vhHH thU ohfwfaine.1 eomes. i The nopnblican City Ticket. The ticket nominatud by the republi can couvcntlon commends itself to the cordial and unitc'I support of the party. W. J. Uroatch , who heads the ticket ns candidate for maror , enjoys the respect and confidence ot all classes. Ho has for years been identified with enterprises that Iwvo contributed to the growth apd prosperity of Omaha , nnd is emi nently fitted for the responsible position of chief executor of a metropolitan city. John Itusli will bring to the position of city treasurer the experience of two full terms ns trritsurur of Douglas county , Louis Bcrkx : is admirably qualified for thu duties of police jud c. E. 1C. Long , the present city auditor , re ceives merited recognition by his nomi nation for comptroller. The candidates for the city council are for the most part well known citi/etis in whoso hands the interests of the tax payers of Omaha will bo safe. Our limited space does not ad mit of extended reference to individual candidates. We nhall endeavor to do them all justice during the remaining ton days'campaign. . Palliating MurdoruuH Assaults. The dastardly assault made upon my person byO. H. Hothackcr would require no comment on my part were it not for the concerted attempt of local contempo raries to gloss over the outrage by mali cious distortion of the facts and circum stances. I deem it both duo to myself and the patrons of the BEI : who are in sympathy with the cause which it has for * years championed , that the mlsstatcmcnts pub lished with regard to my controversy with Uothacker bo refuted. When that person took charge of the Omaha Republican with loud professions of duvotion to high moral principles as a guide for tlio future conduct of that sheat 10 received a cordial greeting' at my hands , with sincere wishes for the prosperity of the paper , under his editorial charge. Ho had not been at its helm three months before its columns wore looming with personal abuse of my self and a desperate effort in combi nation with notorious jobbers and boodle politicians to thwart every measure and defeat every enterprise which the UKE ad vocated. The warefarc upon the charter by this "combine" audits criminal efforts to defeat honest legislation at Lincoln are still fresh in the memory of every body. When 1 had taken the measure of this man by his dissolute and disrepu table associates , I served personal notice on him that henceforth there could bo no friendly intercourse between us and my duty would be to acquaint the public with his dangerous methods and infam ous ways. From that time until Friday not a word passed between us. In the midst of the conflict with the jobbers and public plunderers at Lincoln , Kothackor through the republican sought to befog the people by the most vicious personal assaults on mo. In one of these tirades he assumed the role of fire-eating swashbuckler , and issued a bombastic challenge to mortal combat , which the BEE treated with derisive contempt , as entirely out of place in this latitude. With evident intent to provoke a per sonal encounter in which ho should en * joy the privilege of murdering an adver sary under the plea of self-dofonso , this genteel dospcrado renewed , his slander ous and filthy assaults- On the 2d of March , the following edi torial from his pen appeared m the Ji < f- publican under the caption of "Sl'EAKINO OF BUGS. " "When a man has been In a community for twenty years , and is generally regarded with loathing and contempt , there is some reason for It. There must be something ex cessively indecent In his make-up which calls for such a general judgment. We drop this as a general proposition. Mr. Kdward Kosewater answers this gen eral description. A person cannot assault Mm , because he is wltitout courage and will not resent an assault. Nothing offens ive can be said about bis character , because - cause anything which might bo said bas been said time and again , and would M re garded as a chestnut He is a moral Im pertinence and has never had a character. * * * Men who have been here only a few tnoutns have a bolter social position than the editor of the DEE. Men who have been here a short time have no record ot stringIng - Ing up one side of a stioct while a constable was on deck on the other. Men who have but casually dropped In may set a slight and incidental reputation for couraco and manliness. This little scoundrel , whose physical sniallncss fits his moral abbrevi ation , Is without a single Instinct that be longs to a decent man with self-rapect , nioraj assertion and personal courage. He Is a concentration of everything that a reputable person should not bo. To spit In nis face would be flattery. " Now I submit whether any man with a spark of manhood in his composition would tamely allow anj body to use such language without resenting it at any hazard. The language used bore on its Very face the design of the author to violate the public peace. A few mmutos after I read this article at Lincoln I mot Mr. Cadet Taylor , ono of the owners of the Republican , and I did not hesitate to say thnn and there , while laboring under the temporary excitement , that I should have killed Rothackor at sight or taken the chances of being Killed had ho come in my way at thu moment of reading the article. 1 added further that wore it not for the fact that 1 had a wife and family , ono of us would have to die or he would have to apologize. This expression , somewhat distorted , was telegraphed to the Omaha papers to show how badly Kothactcr had "done mo up. " It is a matter of notoriety that during the excit ing contests at Lincoln with tha legis lative lobby , threats of violence were made against mo by the contractors' gang , the cappers of the gamblers and strikers who wore hanging around the legislature. On the advice of friends , I had armed myself with a reveler , which was laid away when I came homo two weeks before adjournment , where it bos remained over since. Aud now , after more than six weeks have elapsed since the exciting talk with Cadet Taylor at Lincoln , Rothackor's cowardly and mur derous attempt upon my lifo is sought to bo justified by the flimsy pretext that I had threatened to kill him. We had passed each other on the streets and almost jostled , at elbows several times within the last two week * , liut after ho had published another aggarvat- in and filthy tissue of libels frlday morning ho comes , along the street be hind my back w.ith the weapon of tia oroolc and burglar and striken a blow at which would V * b a ' ' * ' fatal had ho not mlssod his aim. This dastardly outraga is treated with levity by tlio editor ot Congressman Mcahane's paper , who tries to mislead its patrons by representing Rothackcr using the slune-ihot in self-defense against a re volver. A few extracts from the llcrald must convince any Impartial mind that Omaha journalism , in thu hands of rook- 'ess ' men , has fallen to a very low level : [ L'ctniri / CM tlit Omaha llcrald AI > I UU ] 110TR IPAUKI ) FOIl UK Ml. Mr. Kosewat uarrlad a revolver , and Mr. Hothacker carrle * : a slutiKshot In the urst and only round V.io slungshot in the hand was mltrutler than the rcvoUer in the pocket. . * # XOT EXTinRI.Y OUT OF I.UOK. Perhipa It Is no time for levity , but the suggestion is Irresistible , that Mr. KOJC- watcr's luck has not entirely deserted him. The "combine" was dissolved before the slugging commenced. * . The Herald cannot see that the matter ts one with which public sentlinont need con cern Itself. The matter should simply be rel egated to the police court The talk about "penitentiary offensa" Is bosh , and If the friends of the two editors are really anxious for the welfare of both thev bettor quash all further proceedings. To endeavor to make a public scandal out ot a street brawl Is Idiotic and will not be tolerated In this com munity , Tlio reporter of the Herald had cour. tcotisly been given all the facts by my self. He was positively informed that I was unarmed when assaulted , and that 1 sought to defend myself by trying to wrench a cane from the hands of a by stander. The statement th.it there was an encounter botwocn a revolver and. n slung-shot is as infamous as was the at tack itsolf. The sumo deliberate malice is shown in the reprinting of Rothacker's grossly libclous editorial of Friday morn ing , for which I could , if'disposed , prosecute - cute the publishers , criminally and civilly. E. ROSEWATHK. The ReiiHlt of An investigation now and then into the affairs of insurance companies and other institutions of like nature sustained by the public , as well as into the books and accounts of public officials , results in no harm , and of ten accomplishes great good. The special joint committee appointed by the Michigan legislature to investi gate the mutual insurance companies of that slate , report that nearly every as sessment company operating in Michi gan is rotten to the core. The investiga tion revealed the most villainous cun ning and infamous practices resorted to by officials in high financial and social standing. Superintendents of the poor have in sured for their own benefit the lives of numerous paupers , and it was supposed that when one of them died or was starved to death , n "division" Was made between tlio Insurance officials and the superin tendent. Another novel feature of the testimony taken by the committee was that doctors have bcon taking out graveyard policies on the lives of their own patients. Such shocking revela tions make humanity shudder. The re organized Beatrice concern , in its palmi est days , never equalled the Michigan frauds. The disclosures are yet being made , and it is thought that many lead ing citizens of different towns in that state will be implicated in trafficking in human lives. The big shaking-lip , happening in Chicago cage , where an investigation w.vs or dered In the affairs of officials holding positions of trust and honor resulted glo riously. When the charges were first made by the newspapers , a wail of woe rent the air , saying that such persecution was shameful and cowardly. Already some twenty-five or thirty of the of ficers and their pals arc in the Cook county jail awaiting trial witn several indictments against each man. Among other things several alleged pau pers were found who are able-bodied men and women ; able to buy f 700 pianos for their daughters and give them every educational advantage. Some of tht beggars wore doing a profitable mercan tile business , all at the expense of the tax-payers. An investigation if con ducted by honorable men is a good' thing , if there are any grounds to justify it. The further an investigation proceeds , as a general rule , the moro startling the revelations. Illiterate Sllnnr * . There is ponding1 in the legislature of Massachusetts , a compulsory education bill designated to correct thn widely ex tended evil of illiteracy among minors in that state. It will surprise thosn who have regarded Massachusetts as the fore most exemplar in all matters of popular education , to know that only now is the first serious attempt being made there , with a promise of success , to rescue thou sands ot children from the darkness of complete illiteracy by compelling them to acquire at least the rudiments of an education. Yet such appears to bo the fact. A Boston journal , commenting ap < provingly on the proposed measure , re marked that "the" policy of the state in education , while most progressive , has nevertheless been a studied ono , nnd at all times tempered with conservative judgment. The nets which make up the school code have boon passed after ap peals and arguments founded upon un questioned authority facts unimpeach able and uniniDoachcd. " It would seem that this extreme conservatism has been all these yoari discovering the imperative duty that rests upon the commonwealth to not only provide a way for the educa tion of its children , but to Insist upon Us acceptance , removing all obstructions to such acceptance. Yet so far as unira pcachable facts were concerned they were amply provided by tbo records of illitcr acy , state and national. A conservatism that for half a century has been proof against the appeal of such facts can have no admiration m this age , with which it is wholly out of sympathy. Official and undisputed statistics show that in the mills and manufactories ol Massachusetts there is a great body o children unable to write their name ; tha many of these children are under the present school ago , whose baptismal rec ords are Ih other countries , and hence beyond the control of the school officials that most of them are in the ntate to stay and in a few years will have passed their minority. In Fall River alone their are 9,293 persons ton years of age and over unable to read and write , and the num ber ol such persons la too commonwealth if given at the alarming total of 191,672 A Boston paper justly sayi re garding the qutioiu raised ' by th M laott , tfcat It l too Mriou * 'fee v.wtty WU peculation ns to how this Illiteracy ex- sts or from wheuce , it comos. "Thi tartllng fact Is , thfisni illiterate persons ire hero , and so far as tan bo ascertained hey have como to1 stay. The fact that his illiteracy is ot foreign origin Is no eason for cxumptln ; * children from chool altundaucc , but on the contrary , it 9the best reasonwhy they should be brought within and uiuler school influ ence nnd instruction.1 ' It will be a dis paraging commentary , on the character of Massachusetts cousurvalism if il shall > o found still invulnerable to the grave facts of the situation 'and thuir obvious nnd unanswerable Ifrg'o- ' But Massachusetts is not the only ono of the eastern states which luw boon Juri ed in this very vital matter. In fact none of them has exercised the c.tre and vigilance It should have done. The census of 1S31 showed that in Connectl ; cut there were 20,009 persons of 10 years and over who could not read , nnd 23,009 who could not write ; in Maine , respec tively , 18,000 and 23,000 ; in New Hamp shire , 11,000 and 14,030 ; in Now Jersey , 39,000 and 53,000 ; in Rhode Island , 17,000 md 24,000 , and in Vermont , 13,000 and 15,000. His not questionable that in all of tlieso states the number of illiterates is quite as largo as in 1830 , and doubtless in some there has been an increase. Yet so far as wo are informed there has been no adequate effort made in any of them to remedy this evil and check its progress , probably because of some such blind and narrow conservatism as that which has prevailed in Massachusetts. It may be hoped that the legislators of Massachusetts will show the wisdom to set an example in this matter that will bo Followed by the other states of Now up land whoso laxity In this rcspcnt is so dispariugly evidenced by their records of illiteracy. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A. Bright Outlook for lawn. The most encouraging reports of pros perity como from Iowa. The outlook fern n largo crop was never better at this time of year. Thn farmers , generally speak ing , have ample means , and merchants are reported as doing a good business. The workings of the inter-state com merce law , it is claimed by the news papers , are against the larger cities , but reports from the smaller towns and vil lages indicate that by the change they are bonolittcd. The jobbing trade and manufacturing interests are entering a vigorous protest against the enactment. They claim if the local rates wore not so liigh , they could got along with the now law , but as it is , competition is impossi ble. Chicago manufacturers and jobbers get the long haul as cheap as lowuns got a shorter haul. Thd Sioux City Journal , in a spasm of virtub , denounces the rail roads in terras too emphatic to bo misun derstood. If the tone of , Iowa's papers Is any evidence , the ndxt legislature of that state will bo electedjon the railroad issue , and it is probable that lajng deeded regu lation will bo tbo ' .resull . , . The Journal sensibly says : There are several obvious ways In which the state can attack the rebellion of the railroad corporations , and tlidre Are certainly innu merable other modes of- > attack which will open up , now that the' peonle have entered practically upon war against railroad ciar- fsm. It Is always so , wlion a people is leso- lute for the maintenance of Us independence of a tyrant. Now. asfib'one of these re sources of the people ot Iowa. Iowa lies be tween two great navUnble rivers , the Missis- Rlppi and the Missouri. The Iowa railroad lines , with but very few exceptions , run lat erally across the state , cutting at its boun daries , these two great natural and free hlgh- wayc , which communicate with the seaboard. The regulation of state commoroa Is , con fessedly and by the adjudication of the high est court of the land , within the power of the people of a state , acting through Its legis lature. With a bountiful crop , railroad rates offering n living rate to the farmers and' making it possible for manufacturers to compete with eastern houses , manufac turing enterprises consequently develop ing on every hand , a more hopeful picture turo for increased prosperity was never before our sister state. JUST after the passes had expired , Sir George Pullman originated a new device to make traveling by rail more enjoyable. It is now possible to get a bath or a shave on wheels. A newspaper reporter who stood on a side track and watched the train pass , thus describes it : "The first coach was a coinbinod baggage room , buffet smoker , bath and barber shoo. Next came a dining car , followed by throe sleepers. Between each pair of coaches , on the edge of the steps , a wooden wall or partition was erected- Tlioso partitions were joined by rubber bagging which yielded to every motion of the tram , but , with the partitions , formed a perfect vestibule between each couple of coaches. " THOUAS J. POTTER , first vice president of the C. 13. & Q. , lias tendered his resig nation , which was reluctantly accepted by that company. His reason for this was to accept the position as first vice president of the allied lines of the Union Pacific , with headquarters at Omaha. The change takes afl'oct May 15. As managing director of the consolidated Union Pacific system , Mr. Potter cannot fail to prove a valuable acquisition to that corporation. Mr. Potter is well nnd favorably known to our citizens , and he will receive a very hearty welcome when he comes to make his home in Omaha. POLITICAI POINTS. Congressman liutterwortu is for Sherman first and Allison next. ( ( | Steve Elklns has beau a registered "voter In West Virginia for two years , and claims a residence there. ' p Ex-Conre9sraan John D.jWhltn Is trying to have a prohibitory plunk Inserted In the Kentucky tate platform. Senator Reagan's declaration on the prohi bition question arouses the Texas democrat * to a tooling that their troubles are yet to come. ' It is stated that as iivuiy ( as forty demo cratic congressmen still dinner in Washing ton to keep tha mugwumps from walking oil with the spoils. Ex-Senator Davis of West Virginia siys the legislature ot that state , when called In special session , will undoubtedly try to elect a successor to Senator Camdcn. John U. Carlisle , In the estimation ot the St. Louis Republican , Is "the democrat who stands next In the presidential succession to Orover Cleveland. " Nomination" Is evi dently the word the Republican was after. The New York Voice , prohibition organ , calls especial attention to tha fact that n ot a Intla prominent republican newspaper or leader championed tbe proalbltory amend- neat ; ID Michigan , Oover-er Curtln of Pennsylvania will oo * have kls memoirs , ready ( or print Praak Burr to ta 4iktt ea. Itl < expected that the book will throw lltht on much obscure political hUtory of the war period. Tho" Democratic Hot Blast of Ann Iston , AIa.M thinks that J ltd no Rcaeau of Texas showed a good deal of cunning in keeping his conversion to prohibition a sucret until after ho had secured hid election to tuo senate. ( leorgo Jones , of tlio Now York Tlincs , told a S.\n Francisco reporter that he thought , from the present Indications , that Clnveland and Ulalue would be the standard bearers of the democratic and republican parties In the next campaign , and , In thatcvnnt , his paper would support Cleveland , as it had done In 1S3I. Secretary Whitney , If an observing politi cian , of Washington , Is to be believed , Is liable to be up fora presidential nomination , next year , lie and Hill are said to have an understanding , and Whitney Is In a PCH It ion o command all the factions ot the demo cratic party in New York. Getting On First-Kate. Ui'lno Church. Dr. Lvman needier once replied to an In quiry of Dr. Hawes , "How are you getting on' . " ' "First-rate Hirst-rate I first-rate ! n\er since I stopped trying to run this world. " An Ansnrrt Idea. Chicago Tilbiinc. The idea ot England sending her heavy war vessels over to light the United States navy seams absurd. Nothing could be more preposterous than shooting at a forty-dollar mud-scow with a 8JOO.OOJ cannon , A Great Success. Kelt ) 1'oifc H'orlJ. Listen to this for a line of poetry : "Make their neighborhood hrilthfullor. " And yet Ton n\ son received 810 for those words 82.50 a word. Fiom a financial standpoint the Laureate's Jubilee Ode was a great suc cess. In Trouble In Indiana. Altti California. Indiana democrats are roportad to bo great nil ml re rs of a speech with "the old-time ring In it. " Such speeches are good , but let us sucpcst that what alls Indiana Is the old-time ring In her two state prisons and other state Institutions. No Pass. Wa litngton Crttte. They were playing a quiet game of euc'ire ' In the smokci and did not notice the conduc tor as lie came through. ' 'Tickets 1" bald he. Just at that juncture ono of the players mur- imued , ' ! pass. " "Not much you don't , " said the conductor Impatiently. "Not since the Inter-state commerce bill. " The Wanderer. Written for The Sunil it/ lice bjIM n. Cal.t. The restless star that wandering goes , Through bouudloss realms of space , May look on many a blissful scene , lie viewed by many an eye. I ween , And be admired forgotten e'en As fast as It changes place. The roving heart that traveling far , Still'seeks and linds no rest , May wander many a hearthstone by , And throb with many a son ? and slch , Admire , and bo admired and die Unknown , unloved , unblessed. IN TtlE tilGUTEn VffIN. THE BUKNIXO ISSUE. The silver question grows weary and stale , Extra sessions ol congress don't amount to a straw , Ana all public topics most certainly fall To equal the comment on the Intel-state law. Our "Fisheries Dispute" is a flaslijin the pan , And thn world loses Interest In the game of base ball ; The war cloud of Europe doesn't amount to a d-n Compared to the question ot the "long and short haul. " AnDur. II VMID , sultan of Turkey , has 484 wifes. And yet Abdul is hopefully looking for a spring boom. KitASZ4F.wsKi , thn late Polish poet , hast ened his death In trying to remember some word that would rhyme wltti his name. TUB London News apologizes for printing Tennyson's jubilee ode. There are times when an apology falls to give satisfaction. AN agricultural paper prints a half column article , "How to Grow Strawberries. " The question ot the hour ( s , IIow to buy a straw berry. Acconmso to a elty ordinance It costs 40 cents to swear In Oxford , Pa. Well , no doubt there are times In a man's life when he would consider this a bargain. AccoKDiso to our dispatches yesterday morning a man In Iowa , nauiud Goslln , blow out the gas and smothered. The man who turns off the gas U no aoslin. _ THE Iloston Globe writes a column on the " 13right bide of Theater ( Join ? . " We pre sume it refers to the part where the man goes out to get a clove on thu side. UNi > KK.the provisions of the Inter-state law some men can't pass a saloon without going In to take a drink. So U would seem that the pass system is entirely abolished. A SOCIETY has benn organized among the Japanese women to cultivate a taste for for eign cookinir. It Is supposed that the dusky , almond-o > ed creatures have no taste for their own cooking. JAMES UUSSBI.I. LOWELL has gone to Eu rope. Since his recent visit to Chicago , ho has prepared a lecture which ho will delUer In London , the subject being , "The llam As She Is Mado. " IT is said that three or four couples of In diana lovers are wanting to gonp In a baleen to get married. They will probably want to go up In -baloon much worse after they have boon married a year or two. Utit they would not go In couples. S AH ill UEHNHAimT's rising son , Maurice , exhibits the talents of a true artist. Not sat- Istted with losing $3,009 In a game of poker , ho now Indulges his fancy in a pri/o light. He undoubtedly has Inherited his mother's tastes , to say nothing ot his father. * * > Tni : New York World says : "Tncro seems to be something unlucky about the prolix 'pan. ' Pan-Electric and Pan-Handle have both produced gigantic defrauding con spiracies. " Aud It could have said that Pan , the Greek god of old , was held up by a Chicago cage spook. AccoiiPiso to a Chicago paper an ' 'At- lanta , Gi. , hack driver gate 3S In change for a 810 confederate bill to ono of his pa trons a few days ao. " It was Mr. Shake speare , wo believe , who remarked , "And thus the whirligig of time brings his re venges. " THE Lick monument to Francis Scott Key is the linest over erected In America. Mi * . Key , It will be remembered , wrote only one poem , "Tbe Star Spangled Banner. " Here Is a very fine suggestion to be remembered by all who contemplate courting the poetic mutt * Write one poem and die. A jKAixwfl wife committed suicide at Charlottetown , Nova Scotia , last week , by thrusting a red-hot pokw down her throat , ThBO dotiM wai & M U Illustrate her 10- tense dcgrc * of burning bitterness. Some women would not have gone to the trouble ot heating the poker , but swiUlowed It cold. OUT of the thirteen samples ot "Toilet Cream , " warranted to beautify the complexIon - Ion , analycd by a Washington chemist , ev ery ono con talnud stair certain to ruin the fare after a year's use , and someot them wore highly poUonoits. And out ofo\cry thirteen women who know this to bo a fact , twelve of them will continue daubing their faces with the poisonous compounds. As Mr. Solomon one time remarked , the ways of a woman pass all understanding. Mns. UI.KVKI.AND has become a member ot the Women's Indian association , of Albany , whoso purpose It is to.promota tlio domestication of the red nnn. Tlio beauti ful and accomplished little lady ot the white housa Is no doubt sympathetic In her nature. Her life Is uniueilionably ono.long day of con tinned and cloudless sunshine. She believes no doubt , In her sweetness of disposition and goodness of heart , that the Indian Ls an abused-and persecuted human who roam * the wild , wild west drossml alternately lit an army blanket and hectic flush ami sunshine. We venture the oplnlou , however , that if the coed woman could see one of the misguided diibky-farcd rons of l/o on his native heath , Indulging his appetite In raw dog and watch him at his best lu the giddy mare of a Terpstchorean whirl , she would think that "domestication of the red man" was impossible , aud would with the poet say : "There ain't no trtistln' an Injm , He's a cator-wumptiscus.s. And when he's ' ' ' a-doln' o' mithln' bad He's a wlshtu' 'luassuthlu' wuss. " * l A8SINUiVENTS. : Tun wildest successful sally Cupid has re cently , made , Is told In the announcement yesterday morning ot the maulago of An drew Carnegie , the millionaire Iron manu facturer of New York , to Miss Whitelield , also of that city. The longer account goes on to say that Mr. Carneglo aud Miss W.'ilto- liuld have known each other over Blxtcnn years , and often used to po rhtlng together In the park. Indeed Miss Whltelield's lirst at tempt at horseback riding in the park was made under Mr. Carnegie's watchful eye. They have long boon devoted to each other , and Mr. Cainozle never made any .secret of his profound admiration for the young lady. Sixteen years of perpetual courUhlp by a man a millionaire several times over , Hhonld hav e succeeded In bringing this little matter to an end long ago. There is something pe culiarly pathetic about j OUPC love's dream something to which gray hair and faded cheeks fall to add that tinge ot romance which should be associated with the "tics that bind. " % # TUB Canadian government's expedition to the Yukon country left Ottawa Wednesday. It consisted ot Dr. Dawsou. assistant direc tor of the Canadian geological survey , two subordinate members of the survey staff and the Dominion land surveyor , Ogllvle. 'Iho chief object of the expedition Is to locate and make a preliminary survey of the gold fields In northern British Columbia. Thu expedi tion will traverse a part of Alaska to reach the basa of operations , and a safe conduct permit was obtained from the United States authorities. From the fact that there have been no recent "linds" in the cold fields , and the f u rther fact that forty years ago the famous Fralier river mines were discovered , makes the result of this exploration Interesting. * * * NOUDKXSJOI.U again assures the people that he shall make tlio vo > nge to discover the south pole. Just what he intends to do with It , should he accidentally run against it , has not been stated. The recent foolhardy at tempts of Glider and McArthur in attempt ing to find the north pole are enoueh to dis gust all explorers. It la a good thing for the country that there are no more poles lost. * * * THF.RI : was something almost hnllownd In the renewal of their old acquaintance by George Bancroft and Mrs. James K. Polk. Mr. Bancroft arrived at Nashville , Tenn. , Saturday night A committee of the State Historical society met him at the depot and escorted him to his hotel. The seed historian entertained the society until 0 o'clock. Ho had Informed Mrs. Polk , the wife of our president of forty years ago , that he would not call until Sunday. But he'did. At 0SO : he stood before the Polk mansion. He mounted the steps and announced hlmnelf. The story goes that he hod to wait but a mo ment In the parlor before the venerable Mrs. Polk entered. "Dear Mrs. Polk , " said the ventrablo historian , advancing , "I am so glad to see you and to find you are looking so well. " There was a moment of hesitation , a recognition and a smile , as the distinguished widow aald : "Is this Mr. Bancroft ? I am so grateful that you have como sofar [ to see us. " The hospitalities of the mansion were ex tended to the visitor , who In tnrn floated the hostess with the most graceful deference. It Is even said that he spoke ot the time when she was "slender and graceful , ' ' and that she could never forget that ho was so "con tinually thoughtful" of her when a member of thn Polk cabinet. It was a scene worthy of a painter. * * Charles Walker Morse , who died last week , at his home' In Say brook , Conn. , was the eldest son ot Prof. Samuel F. B. Morse. In his early life ho shared his father' : * labors In the struggles of the electric telegraph , and also rendered experimental assistance to Colonel Colt , ot rnvolvor fame , who was a frequent visitor of Prof. Morse during the telegraphic experiments. In 1857 ho ren dered valuable sei vices to the government In the protection ot Its property on the Upper Minnesota river during the trouble with t'io ' Sioux Indians at the Spult Inko Massacre , and was to hve < led the government expedi tion under "Little Crow" against Intrapu- Uuta's band , but as the expedition was en- tliely composed of Indians the government withdraw him after complimenting him upon his bravery and willingness to go. Mr. Morse vvasamanof many accomplishments , being a tine penman , an excellent draughtsman , nn artist and the patentee of several Inventions. In 1S53 ho had the decoration of the "Bust of the Llbemor" conferred upon him by the Venezuelan government In recognition ot valuable services and suggestions In the es tablishment of the Slorse system of teleg raphy In that country. He leaves a wife and three children. * * * Tnr. Immortal speech of Dennis Kearney , the sand lot orator , will always live. Ho made a happy hit , and accidentally told the truth when he said the Chinese must BO. At least they are going onn by one. The report comes In that a Chinaman killed a white woman at St. John's. Cala , a few days ago and then lied. A mob stalled In pursuit. Two other Chinamen In different localities were mtit and strung up by the necks and nearly Killed In order to make thorn tell what they knew about the murderer. The sequel proved that they knew nothing about him , A third Chinaman , wtio was wealthy and well known In the locality where ho lived , was mistaken for the murderer by the frantic mob and shot dead. A coroner's jury fully exonerated the men who shot him. * * TUB report that the late General Logan's forthcoming book , "The Volunteer Soldier , " will contain letters reflecting severely upon General Sherman has created considerable interest The charge is thattieneial Sher man broke bis word , or otherwise acted dis honorably , In not making John A. Logan an army commaddir after McPImr&ou's d ath As to the letter * General HUermaa In an In terview recently , aald : "There are oarulnly eUMcrawe waat to eoaceal ; To * Mat man's have nothing to conceal. They don'i ' say anything they are ashamed of , and when " thev make a" mistake thuy acknowledge thu corn. " Tar. failure of Mrs. Howi'f Boston bank , and her subsequent journey to Canada , while It gave staid old Boston a iHjlitsen atloni ll has again settled down , and the women ho have given Mr. . liovvo some 810,000 of the If earnings are hopelessly waiting for tl e shrewd woman to nettle up. Tha tact thai Mrs. Howe , In 13rs ran a bank In Boston , suddenly disappeared with a largir bitndlo ot "boodle" as It Is now termed , and for her crime remained years In jail , wan caution enough to the late depositor * . But Mrs. Howe claimed thHt she bad reformed , nnd opened up another woman's bank. 1 Is avowed piInclple being the reception of dp- posltf unds from poor females and Die womun of Boston who have been taken In , will piol > ably bo more cautious when she returns from Canada , to embark again , SUXDAV GOSSIP. Seeing a statement from the Omaha iltr. : eolug the rounds of thu press as to the mean ing of the name "Omaha" nnd Its origin- writes Clark Irvine , ot the Holt County ' ( Mo. ) Press allow me to contribute my share towards sulfllng tbo question. Early lu 1S.VJ I was quite Intimate with some ot the tribe of Omahas. There wer uncral half- breeds , together with Henry Fontcnolle , all very well educated men , and wo often passed a day or two In company. Fontonollo's father was the chief of the Omaha tribe. Onn afternoon wo wore out at tlio town site of , Fontenclle , lounging the hours away. 1 was f " making some Inquiries as to the origin and mcanlngofsomelndlan words. It occurred tome mo that hero was tlio opportunity to find out the meaning of Omaha.as already I had heard among whites scvctal definitions. There were live young men of the tribe with me , and all were well educated ana some very Intelligent. 1 asked the o'rlgln and meaning of the name Omaha. Young Fontenolle , without any hesitation , said"Omaha moans , 'against the current. ' " Ho continued , "A great mauy yeais ago a large tribe was located down the Missouri river. It became too la i go and It was agreed to divide. Those who wentNemahn , ( orGemahaor ) 'with the current' wore ono portlou , and those who went Omaha were our prut. " Ho turned around and asked the others It that was their understanding and they nil asieed. The "Nemalm" word ( or Gcmaha ) was said to bo the opposite of Omaha. I re marked that I had heard old Iron Legs , a white man who had boon raised among tha Indians , and who got his name by reason ot a race he ran from up the i'Utto down to the Missouri , and who lived at Fort Calhoun when it was occupied as a fort the original Couucll Bluffs say that the word meant "earth workers , " but they laughed at and re pudiated the statement. Iron Legs settled down lu Missouri , became a wuilthy planter , and 1 happened , one day In 'X , to bo wan dering around the old fort grounds , when a white man with a few negroes came driving through the hlirh grass a lot ot cattle. The white man accosted me , asking the namn of the place. I told him It was Fort Calhoun. He sprang from his horse , j tiling , screaming and j umplng up and down. "By G , I thought i k new It , man I I was here , lived hero years ago. 1 am Iron Lots , who ran fiora the Platte. " I never saw anyone so delighted as ho. "But where Is the river- It used to run against the binds here ? " I ex plained that It suddenly disappeared. We liad quite a long talk. The blacks were his slaves and he was going with cattle up to some agency to supply It. We nearly got Into a quarrel about his slaves. Ho belonged In Clay county , Mo. , I believe he said and I think this name was Uaiigherty Colonel Daiigherty or some such name. [ ? f looking overalls collection of souvenirs recently , the editor ot tha BKE found a very Interesting New Year's calling card. It was triangular In shape and had written upon II the names ot Wm. B. Strong , Chicago ; H. 0. Nutt , Council BlntTs ; and S. U. H.CIaik , Omaha. The date was Jan. 1st , 1874. At that time Mr. Strong held a subordinate posi tion with the Chicago , Burlington &Qulncy railroad , at Council Binds ; Mr. Nutt , who had been for inanv years connected with the ferry company , vva.s still engaged to A limited exteut In the steamboat business ; and Mr. Clark was a division superintendent of the Union Pacific. These men have all pros pered and have steadily advanced nines those days. Mr. Strong Is now the president ot theAtchlson , Topeka& Santa Fe railway ; Mr. Nutt is the president ot the Atlantic & Pacific ; and Mr. Clark , who was for several years general manager of the Union Pacific , Is once more Jay Gould's trusted lieutenant , his present position being vice president and general manager of the Missouri Pacific. ALMOST from the very day that Lieuten ant Powell arrived in Omaha he talked and acted strangely , so much BO that some close observers remarked that the man was men tally off his balance , He certainly said and did things which no really sane man would have said or done. Ills Illness and death In Washington coiroborated the pellet In Omaha that he was Insane. Lieutenant Powell was really a bright and talented young man , and had made a good record prior to his coming to Omaha. We say this much , advisedly , and In order to remove some wrong Impressions concerning tha un-i fortunate ofllcer. General Grecly recently wrote to the editor ot the Bt.u rejanllnc Lieutenant Powell , of whom he spoke In the highest teiins. Among otliur thlnjs liosild that the'relativcs of Lieutenant Powell pro posed to pay every cent of his Indebtedness. This will Interest qultoa number ot Omaha cieditors. * Lieutenant Powell after reaching Wash ington , never regained consciousness. lie was a native of tlio District of Columbia. In April , Ib73 , he entered the signal sei vice , and was promoted to be second end lieutenant on November 1WTO. He was thlid on the list of second lieutenants , ac cording to seniority , and had acquired an en viable reputation for the reliability of his weather Indications , a work for which ho evinced especial aptltudu. His record In this biauch of the service excelled that ot any other ofllcer. Ho accompanied Lieutenant Hay on the I at tor's expedition to Point Barren In Ib83 , and published a series of In- teibitlne letters from the arctic regions. When Greely's party returned from the north Lieutenant Powell accompanied Gen eral Haien to Portsmouth , N. H. , and had ' personal charge of the arrangements for tno reception ot the survivors. THE proposed New Y ork Life Insurance company's building will prove a big thing for Omaha. It will be a ten-story fire-proof structure , and will cost In the vicinity of K-00,000. Tlio plans have been drawn and work will bo commenced at once. Thor r edit for securing this great Improvement fo Omaha belongs to Mr. O.T. Taylor , the company's general western agent. Tha com pany , umler the laws of Now York , is oot permitted to loan money , but Is allowed to erect its own ofllce buildings. It Is therefore putting up handsome and substantial build ings In all largo cities. In looking over the western cities the company some months aeo concluded to Invest In Kan sas City , St. Paul and Minneapolis , and skip Omaha. When Mr. Taylor learned this fact he at once set about to convince tbe company ot Its error In overlooking Omaha. Ho pre sented facts and figures showing Its popula tion , steady giowth. IU Improvements , and resources , and In this way he finally iuc ceeded In Inducing the company to agree la build In Omaha if bill table ground could tx > Mcured at a reasonable price. Mr. Tayloc thereupon selected the J. H. Millard prop erty. When U waa viewed by the com pany's reprewntatlVB it was accept- ! . aluj tlm purchase was mada for 185,008. Thus II . , will be seen that Mr. Taylor hat done a goixt thing for Onuha.
