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* v H I TOE OMAHA DAILY BEEy THURSDAY ; APKIL 28. 1887. THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TKIUJB or aoaacnrpriov ; t ) Hr ( Mornl.ut Kdltlon ) Including Sumlnr Hn , Ono Yonr . tlOOT TorBlrMontln . B (0 For Three Month * . 2 W Tun Omaha Hvndny Hrr , mailed to nnr ndJrosy , Ouo Ve r. . , . SOD OMATU OrrtcB. No. 9l A\r > M NRW TOUK orrtcr. Itoox ( VI. THIHITXF. nt'ir.niNa. WAgniNUTOX OrrlCI , NU.iUFOUHTIEXTUHrillitT. . All communications relating to newft and edi torial mnlter phonlJ bo ad'lruMoJ lo the Kl > l- Ton or TUB IJRE. IJRE.U8INK83 Lr.rrr.nit All bu Inois letters and romlttnncis should bo < llro < wed to TUB Ilai I'um.tsm.so COMPAXT , OMAHA. Drafts , check * nnU postofflco orders to bo made payable to t ho onltr of the company , f THE DIE POBLISHIHHMPHXY , PROPRIETORS , g. R03EWATEU , Emron. THE DAIIY BEE. _ Sworn Statement of Circulation. State of Nebraska , County of Doiulns. ( Ico. B. Tzschucu , secretary of The Boo Publishing company , does solemnly swear r that the actual circulation of thn Dally Hoc for the week ending April 22 , lt 7 , was as follows : Saturday , April 10 . 14.S70 Sunday , Anrll 17 . WJM Monday , April 18 . 14,710 Tuesday. April 1 . 14,000 , Wednesday. April SO . 11,150 Thursday , April 21 . 14,100 , Friday , April 22 . l , rx Average . . - . 14.337 ( .no , H. T/.SCHUCK. Subscribed and sworn to before mo this 35th day of April , Ibb7. N.P.FBir. . [ SEAL. ] Notary Public. feo. ! B. TVschuck , being hrst duly sworn , deposes and says that ho Is secretary ot The Boo 1'ubllsliln ? company , that the actual average dally circulation of the Dally Bco for the month of April , 18W ! , 12,191 copies ; for May , 1SSO , 13.4T9 copies : for June , IKJrt , 12.293 copies ; for July , 18SO , 12,314 copies ; for AuirAtst , Ifatfl , 12,4 < U copies ; for Septem ber , liftC , l < 3uK , : ) copies ; for October , 1SSO , ! , copies ; for November. 1880 , copies. OKO. H. T/srntrcK. Subscribed and Bworn to before me this 151 h day of April , A. I ) . , 187. I SEAL. | N. P. FKIL , Notary Public , THE two Sams , Jones and Small , urc slinging slang in Minneapolis. ITAI.TAX custom duties have been in creased. The torturous organ grinder continues on the free list. OtTK dispatches state that New York capitalists have sailed for China , where they will introduce the telephone. Si'EiKEK CAHLISLE predicts an cxtrn session of congress in October. The co'untry cannot escape all afllictions. NATUU.YL gas has been found in New Jersey. There has been none found in Nebraska. No one snoms to be looking for it. SECKETAUY LAMAR'S speech on Cal- hotm made fourteen columns of urn all typo. It was n masterly as well as a lengthy effort. THE French and Gcrman'.war-cloud has disappeared. The European war cor- rcspondout has made many "scoops" during the last throe years. TIIR 333d anniversary of Shakespeare's birthday was celebrated in Philadelphia Sunday. Mr. Bacon missed it in not < * * copyrighting his pUya. CCIOLKRA is raging Mexico. The Sal vation Army is raging in the United States. The man who asked "Is Life Worth Living ? " didn't know a good thing when ho saw it. UOUEUT PIKKEKTOM , general superin tendent of PinKcrton's detective agency , is oat in a card in the New * York Times denying the charge that any of their agents have attempted to secure fac similes of Patrick Euan's hand writing. THE Pennsylvania road has boycotted thirty-two roads in the west refusing to Bell through tickets. Just what effect this will have remains to ba seen later on. It ia thought , however , that a eon- oral cut in "excursion" tickets will fol low. THE pcoplo of a few counties in Vir ginia are poverty stricken. They are ont of food , and have called for help from outside counties. The tobacco crop proved * a failure. The tobacco planters will attempt to raise corn tins year. _ _ _ _ _ _ CAPTAIN J. M. LKYT , of the postoffice department , Washington , haa been fast ing for four weeks and expects to raako up forty days and forty nights of absti nence from all food. The civil service reform Is calling for great sacrifice on the part of public servants. DETECTIVE MOYNAIIAN presented the chivalrous knight of the quill , whose father-in-law's residence had been bur glarized , a slungshot to ward off house breakers. Detective Moynahan is a Terj handy person to have about when a mac makes a murderous assault with a crook's weapon. Knurr is now engaged in the manufacture of a gun 52J foot long tc weigh 315,000 pounds , whose lightest pro jectile will weigh 1,033 pounds. Ton hundred and seventy pounds of prismatic brown powder will bo used to charge this gun once. This now creation will bq the regulation mo as adopted by Nebraska editors at the last meeting ol the press association. , DOWN at Lcominstor , Mass. , two min istcrs have raised quite a disturbance in a somewhat novel way. At a conference hold there lost Sunday the two preachers accepted the hospitality of a Mr. Curtis- rrhoso wife is a devoted Christian. The story goes that after morning prayers the clergyman asked Mr. Curtis to go to church and attend services , but ho ex cused himself by saving he had u pruvl cua engagement with a man to go fish ing. The bad practice of catching fish was commented upon at the church , mak ing Mrs. Curtis fool vary bad about her husband. At the noon recess both clor gymou returned to her house for dinnci and atu heartily of trout captured in at unholy way. The good wife insisted thai eating fish caught on Sunday was as bu as catching them on that day , and won and quietly informed the parUuonors o the two clergymen about the occurrence , The consequence is that complaints o anchristianllko conduct have been pro Jurrcd against the two miuutors uud ai investigation will follow , Contempt of Court , According to ono of our ainlnblo con- : cmporarlcs sonic lawyers have expressed the opinion that Police Judge Stcnbcrg would bo warranted in sending the editor of the DEE to jail for contempt of court. Jhis is decidedly cool. Contempt of court for what and for whom ? Is there any reputable man or woman In Omaha that dccq not regard the decision in tlio Hothnckcr assault case n judicial out rage ? Talk about contempt of court I What clso than contempt can pcoplo have fora court which makes justice and law a mere mockery. Why did the judge express - press the opinion two days before the trial that the complaint could not be sus tained ? What do the lawyers that talk about contempt of court think of a judge who decides cases ticforo ho has heard the evidence ? What do they think of the conduct of court ofliccrs who play sleight of hand with subpoenas for important witnesses ? Would it bo contempt of court to protest against such outrages ? Knllroad ItulldlitR In Nebraska. Whatever the effect of the inter-state commerce law may bo upon railroad earnings , certain it is that it in no way interferes with their construction. It has boon stated in llradstrccl'n that the summer and fall of 1837 , would witness the building of more miles of railroad in the United States than any other ono year in the history of our country. Judg ing from the way the season starts in Nebrtiska , this statement is true. The Chicago Times , spcaKing of the Hurling- ton extensions , says that the company is already doing considerable work in now territory in Nebraska , Wyoming and Colorado. From Broken How , near the Middle Loup river , this state , the H. & ' M. is to bo'built to Fort Laramio. Frrm Curtis , also , an extension is to bo built to Cheyenne , crossing the Union Pacific at Sterling , Wyoming. The Times says : "At u short distance from Sterling and north west of IlifF an extension from McCook taps the Cheyenne ex tension and then diverges and runs in a southwesterly direction , tapping the mam stem at Akron. From Orleans , in Nebraska , another extension is being built crossing into Kansas and touching at Wane , near the Colorado line ; theuco it runs direct to Pueblo , crossing the Kansas Pacific at llivcr I3end. These lines arc what is known as the extension of the Nebraska system. " The Chicago & Northwestern is also contemplating extensions and branches. The Hock Island which built from Atohi- HOU , Kan. , last year through Pawnee and Gage counties , is pushing west by the way of Grand Island. The Union Paciiio has several branches upon which work will bo done this year. Their branch from the mam line will be built north west from Callaway. The B. & M. is also ribbing Colorado. Three projected lines of that system are already being surveyed in this state. The Swelling Tlilo of Immigration. Last week there was recorded at Now York the largest number of immigrants that have arrived there in any one week of the present year. The aggregate of big and little , old and young , who had turned their faces upon the old world to find new homes hero was 12,151. They represented many nationalities and the destination of most of them was the far west. They were generally a good class of emigrants , who may bo expected to become useful citizens. The authorities at Castle Garden express the opinion that this is but the beginning of a season of immigration never excelled and not oven equalled before in yean. The exciting conditions in Europe favor this yiow. Besides the incentive to emigration which tlio political situation there gives , the industrial state of affairs is far from satisfactory. There la no' diffi culty in finding reasons why Irishmen - men and Germans should leave their countries for the larger freedom and op portunities of America. In some degree the influnces that induce emigration are the same with all oppressive laws , bur densome taxation , an ill-favored exist ence that holds up no promise of bettor things in the future. The years of great immigration have been these of a re moved prosperity in this country , of which the people of Europe seem to learn with remarkable promptness. The aug mented immigration of this year coinci dent with our industrial prosperity proves the rule. This Inflow of population from the old world is not universally regarded with favor. A number of newspapers , voic ing , it is supposed , the sen timont of a respectable and considerable element , have effected to see in it a menace which the country ought to guard against. The idea of these writers is that wa shall need all our avail able room for the future maintenance of the descendants of the sixty millions of pcoplo already inhabiting this con ntry , and that the time is perhaps at hand when wo should abandon the policy of inviting the oppressed of all the world to our shores. This idea is not now. It has been heard from time to time for a good many years. Nor is It any less narrow and illogical now than in the past. There are laws to keep out criminals , paupers , the insane and contract laborers , and there can bo no objection to the demand that these shall bo vigorously enforced. But to ask that wo shall go beyond thcso , and exclude reputable and worthy uoo- plo who comu hero from other lands with the intention to make homes hero , to comply with our laws , and to become useful citizens , is to demand not only that wo shall renounce a cardinal policy of our political system , but take an attitude < tudo hostile to sound economic principles , It is quite unnecessary to remind intel ligent pcoplo of what immigration has done for this country , and such people will not require a nice demonstration to convince thorn that there is ample room for it to do much more. The territory of the United States will sustain a popula tion of three or four hundred millions without being as much crowded as most of the countries of Europe. Is it rational to say that wo should place 'a Chinese wall between ourselves and all the rest of mankind , and leave the attainment ol this population to natural iucreaso ? U there was no emigration from this coun try in the moanwhilu that result would bo achieved in about a hundred years , but if our own people wore permitted to go at will the time required for its ao oomplishment would not bo much less than a century and a half. Even with im < migration maintained at the highest point it has ever reached the country could nol attain a population of two hundred mil lions in loss than fltty years. There is manifestly no cause of trouble * or appro .iuh . bcnslon In. the fact that Europe is now adding to our population at the rate of ualf a million a year , so long as tlio pco plo who come are of the class of which good clti/uns are niadu. For protection ngaitist all others the present laws are ample if properly enforced. But ns n matter of fact all people who bring hero their labor nud skill , albeit that is their only capital , with the pur pose of industriously employing it , arc still needed. There is abundant room for them in the growing west and south , and if they distribute themselves with judgment they will not crowd or jostle anybody already hero. Wo shall thus have more people to feed at homo and a steadily diminish ing necessity for socking a foreign market for our products. We shall feoo villages grow into towns , towns into cities , and cities expand to metropolitan proportions. Our farms will become more valuable , and all forms of property will improve. The general prosperity will bo advanced and the aggregate wealth increased. In nil material re spccti ! , at least , immigration must con- tmue to be to our advantage for years to coiuo. Meanwhile it may bo pertinent to ask these who think otherwise to propose a plan for shutting out immigration , that is at once practical and in accord with our system of government. Street Hntlruad Franchises. The Omaha horse railway company asks for a franchise ami right of way fern n cable road through our principal streets. An ordinance granting this franchise has boon passed by thn council and placed before our citizens for nitili- cation at next Tuesday's election. When this ordinance was before the council an effort was made by some of its members to make this franchise con ditional , so that our citizens would have reasonable assurance that the company would build at least two or thrco miles of cable railway within as many yejirs. This was however voted clown by the majority of the council and the proposi tion submitted to popular approval is therefore without any guaranty. In other words the citizens of Omaha are asked to vote away a valuable franchise without any assurance that the Omaha Horse railway will build a mho of cable road in ten years. While wo realize that Omaha wants all the cable lines , tramways and motor roads that capitalists arc willing to build , wo do not believe that an indiscriminate voting away of franchises is judicious , or in the public interest. Before another franchise for any street railway is voted , the corporation that asks for the right of way should give a spccilic guaranty of good faith and assurance that it will build a given length of road within n reasonable time. THERE has been a very marked dp- crease in cast-bound shipments of dead freight from Chicago since the inter-state commerce law wont into effect. Lust week the total shipments amounted to a frac tion loss than 30,000 tons , while in the week before the law wont into effect they aggregated a fraction over 71,000 tons. The shipments of last week wore below these of the corresponding week a year ago , when the stagnation of business was more pronounced than ever before , Doubtless a relative decline has taken place at all points shipping to the east. There is also a decrease in the shipments westward. This state of .affairs is in part explained by the heavy movement ol commodities immediately preceding the date when the law went into effect , and which for n time filled the channels ol demand , but it is of'course duo mosi largely to the fact Unit buyers are operat ing with great caution under the ad vanced rates , and will continue for a time to do so. The readjustment is not yet perfected , and cannot bo foi some time. If the policy thus far pur sued by the commission continues to be followed that time may be greatly and unnecessarily prolonged. Meanwhile the loss is falling on the railroads , whoso ar bitrary course could have no other effect than to block tradn , and was undoubt edly designed to have that effect. Ol course the roads expect to make this all up , when the necessities of the country shall force a more active movement oi commodities , but it Is just possible that their calculations in this respect may bo found at fault. Thus far .the 'arbitrary policy of the corporations appears to op erate in the direction the } desired , but it must not be assumed that they .will bo permitted to continue in their present course. The commission has declared that the language and the tenor of the law wholly fail to justify the railroad managers who "embarrass the custom ary interchange of business and impose stagnation of trade , " and that also is the public opinion. The corporations nmj carry their policy of unreasonable and unjust charges too far. THE New York Times calls attention to a marked change in the current of the grain-carrying traffic which is of .especial interest to the grain growers of the wr.sl and northwest. It states that in March , 1830 , there were no exports of wheat bj way of Now Orleans , but last month n half million bushels were exported through that city. The comparison is more striking as the period is extended , In the first nine months of the fiscal ycat 1885-6,5,600 bushels were exported by way of Now Orleans , against 2.252,0K ( bushels for a like period during 188U-7 , The disparity , remarks the Times , is toe great to bo explained In the theory thai Now Orleans merely shared in the gen eral increase duo to the larger exports ol the current season , and on lookinc farther it appears that San Francisco is the only port showing smaller exporu than last year , and that , too , bj about the amount of the gain made by Now Orleans. In March , 1890 , 8,378,009 bushels of wheat were shipped from San Francisco , and last month onlj 1,241,073. That the change is compara lively recent appears from the fact that for the nine months San Francisco shows an iucreaso like all the other export centers - tors , although a disproportionately small ono. The exports of Indian corn show a decrease for each of the live large oxporl centers except Now Orleans. Its eain h less than half a million bushels , U is true , but considering the circumstances , it is more or less like water running up hill , The aggregate exports of wheat and corn also show marked changes in compari son with labt year. For March the experts - ports of wheat were 7,722,783 bushels , against 5,108,740 in 1880 , and during the nine months ending with March the in crease was from. 31,785,2-13 bushels tc 73,557,155. But'malze shows a decrease from 8.031.-181 bushels ( or March , 1830 , to 5,353,130 last month , and for the nine months from4l.7J7,871 ( to 33,53nl9. THE recent fluctuations in the price of silver have boon duo chiefly or wholly to speculation lu-Loudon. The bullion bro kers have bocrij reaping profits on both sides of the mlirkot , while poor India , whoso solo lefjal.'lendcr ' Is silver , Is grop ing about in utbr | chaos , lu that coun try taxes and salaries are paid ou the old standard in silver rupees ; and If the un fortunate clerk'or ' government olHeur wishes to remit his surplus to his Lon don homo , ho must sell tils rupees for gold sovereigns or bills on Lon don at a price fluctuating widely from day to dav and regulated by the spec ulative whim of British brokers. Nor is the government any bolter off. The In dian council at London , if it wishes to draw on Calcnlla or Bombay for the tax remittances , must offer its draft in open market to the highest bidder , and is thus placed at the mercy of the silver specula tors. The last rouort of the Indian gov ernment showed the utter hopelessness of any estimates of the income or deficit to bo expected by Great Britain from the Indian treasury. England llrst caused the International derangement of the sil ver ratio. Events have brought It about that she is the first and heaviest sufferer from its effects. BUHGLAIIS were responsible for the shooting of Mrs. John Lauer. Burglars troubled the mind of the valiant and stalwart editor. This is why ho carried the weapon of the footnad and slugger in his pocket night and day. It is the lirst instance on record where a gentle man afraid of houso-broakers has coino on a witness stand to swear that ho armed himself with a slung-shot to ward them oil' . THE news comes from Cortland , this state , that gold lias been discovered there. The Ponca diamond Held filled a long felt want , but this tuoro recent discovery will satisfy everybody that our resources arc inexhaustible. Tnu council has boon planting $80 a yo.xr lire hydrants all over town instead of shade trees. April has been a sort of waterworks company arbor month. COUNCILMAN DAILY has been rcnom- inated by the democrats. Mr. Daily has been a very useful representative of his corporate employers. THE poor farm on wheels with a seren ading brass band-is a novelty in Omaha. It boats "Excurstbn Smith" all hollow. PEKSONAD POINTS. J. I ) . Plumb , wh'o has been appointed by Queen Victoria speaker ot the Canadian senate , was formerly a resident of Albany. N. Y. It Is reported , ; bat ox-Sfayor Carter 11 , Uarrison , of Chicago , will soon start for California wlthJU8 family. Ho will visit Asia and mako'ik journey around the world. 2 $ The lion. Oeottje Bancroft , clehty-sevon years old and in vigorous health , says people ple are Injured a1 great deal more by oatlng too much than by taking an extra glass ol wine at dinner , fv * 3" Senator Hearst's youne son.who has taken editorial charge of the San Francisco Exam * Iner , has developed n Kooddoal of journalis tic ability , and has shaken up tlio dry bones of newspaperdom In that vicinity to a won derful extent. Die duke of Sutherland has decided to set tle In Florida , having purchased a magnifi cent river front and forty acres of land at Tarpon Spring , where he will build a cot- tajje to cost about $15,000 , , lu"wliich he will spend a couple of months eS'ery winter. General Sherman kisses every girl who at tends the Thursday afternoon receptions Slvcn by his wife in Now York. Slnco the old wariior has succeeded In introducing Ills vivacious bt. Louis custom he Is rapidly be- comlnz reconciled to 11 to in the effete cast ftfrs. JCelda Sepculn Wallace , who is said to be as much at home on the platform as on the operatic stage , is lecturlnc In Kentucky on woman's rights. Mrs. Wallace Is a Kcntuck- Ian by birth , being a dungliter of Dr. Saunders , once a prominent puyslcian of the state. Goodall Bey , ono of the few English offi cers who escaped lu the tnasiacru of for eigners at the tlino of the Kgvptlan rebel lion , and for a considerable time piivate secretary - rotary to the khedlvc , Is visiting the United States for the beuetlt of his health , which suffered much in that terrice. 1NTEII-8TATK COMMERCE ACT. New York Jntunaln Wo have a sad pre sentiment that the new Interstate commerce bill Is going to increase the number ot luna tic asylums In this country. Denver Republican : we suspect that some of the brilliant railroad managers who are chuckling over their wit in making tbo inter state law obnoxious by advancing the old rates on the long haul , will have somodilll- culty In satisfactorily explaining their action to the commission. rittsburgPoat : The people are not con vinced that the law Is unjust or Impracti cable by the organized assaults on It. Thny want to scu it In actual and honest operation In all its pints , and not converted Into an engine of oppression to make public senti ment against It. * # # Boston Hprald : It seems to us thnt the comrulsslon i > buvo presented this mattur In n temperate and cqiilt.iblo manner , and that It rests with the rail tuny companies to make thosu concessions In tle ; lion rules they have lately prepared which will afford to tint busi ness community that measure of lullufthoy now stand so much { nncrd ol. Missouri HopiiullcaTiVo are now on lirra crouud. There isjlfo law and It must bo faltlilully observed'and ; if there has existed nn understanding tamong .certain ro.uls to break It down by ja hardh umicttllousiiuss where the law docn not require it , and by making one scction.Qr ono industry the vic tim of an unnecessary and unwarrantable severity In the presided obsuivancoof it , the Hcherne may us-well ; be abandoned at once. J tf ; * # Philadelphia KecurJ : The railroads of Pennsylvania seem 16 have pitched upon tlio present time as n proper occasion for finding out exactly "what tli iiallic will bear. " If It bo cheaper to \\\IK hor.se.s and cuttlo to mar ket than to send tlimti by tail , and If it costs less to trans | > ort charcoal by tenms from the mountains to tlio mills ot tbo httbanon v.il- ley than to send It over the Iron tiacks , it must be admitted that In these ciuea nt least tne last straw lias been laid on. Indianapolis Journal : The aveiagn con gressman may not have a very scrupulous sense of propriety , but Is rather surprising to learn tUat seine who \oted tor the In- terstatoJaw uavuappeared before the commis sion as attorneys tor largo interests seeking to modify or over turn it. It is bnrt-Iv pos sible that a man may honestly represent two conlllctini : Interests , oni < us a representative In congress and the other as an attorney out of It , but the dual relation is rather contu sing to the common wind. * Kansas City Star : It Is probable that the Interstate law will adapt llselt to the situa tion and become ono of the permanent insti tutions of the land. Hal I road companies may busy themselves In making tli law un popular Oy trying to make Its defects glar- Inc. but the opinion prevails that the law is n wholesome beginning towards controlling rtiul regulating ixmcrful corporations. With this fccllnir Uio peoplw are disposed to stand by It and me it a fair rhaiiro to bo useful to railroads and beneficial to all concerned , Hope. .ifnemlltmi'i M < tantlnt. In lonely vigil till the dav bo born. Whoso ono star gllmtuois valotheclouds among , .She hears the volcns of the human throng , 1 lie hopeless murmurs of n world out\\orn , I lie tumult of Immitigable scorn , The old ancestral cry of mortal wiong , Sound lilto the weary burden of a song , Love loveless left and faithless faith for sworn. She hears unheeding. Her self-blinded eyes Keep still nndlmmca the glory of tbo vluw Which once was hers , \\licn all the \\orld was new ; Her cars , that catch one strain which never dies. Hold tirm , though cliauco and changeof earth and skies , Her dumb , unswerving faith In Good and True. BTATK AND TKnUITOltV. Nchraaka .l The latest tile in Beatrice is burnt red. The Shamrock Tickings Is the latest paper in Holt county. Under the heels of men truly great the orange pool eqtuls the banana. A loan and building association has been orpmi/.ed nt North 1'latto with a capital of $400,000. Chief Engineer Harrington , of the Mis souri I'ncilic , has arrived with his chain gang in Hastings , haying surveyed and staked the line from Lincoln. The Beatrice Free hanco assorts that ex-Governor Dawus , while in office , never rode on a railroad pass. Very true. His weakness was passenger coaches or Pullmans. Fremont i-onsolcs herself with the be lief that she can keep the Hies oll'Omalia during the summer. If the "prettiest" succeeds she will earn the eternal grati tude of her big-hearted neighbor. John W. Culver , of Beatrice , has sued the Chicago , Burlington & Qulncy rail road company for 10,000. Damages are claimed for a rubatu on corn shipped to 1) ) altimoro instead of Chicago , some time ago. Hiram Woodford and Joseph Likes have disappeared from their haunts in Lincoln , without leaving u note of alYec- lion , regret or remorse. It is believed they have joined the feeble minded ranks of the Salvation army. The Free Lance is the name of a paper just started in Beatrice in the interest of the working people and temperance. It is a typographical daisy , chock full of news and timely comment. Messrs. ( icorgo H. and Albert C. Powers arc the publishers. The young idea is learning to shoot with revolvers. The thirteen-year-old daughter of C. M. Miller , B. & M. agent lit David City , after being corrected by her father for some net of disobodiunce , last Saturday , declared that she was too mean to live and shot herself with her father's revolver. The b-illct passed within an inch of her heart. The wound is a severe and painful ono but not neces sarily -fatal. Tlio managers of the Beatrice Mutual Insurance companv announce n com- plclo change of policy. The old assnss- HH'iit swindle will bo'dropped , and busi ness confined to old line insurance. , guar anteeing to each member the full amount insured. The BEE'S exposure of the con cern paralyzed its prolitablc career and forced it to choose between honesty and bankruptcy. It will bear watching. The Wahoo Wasp and Representative Harrison , of Saunders county , arc having a little war. Harrison nays , in n com munication to the Democrat , that Mac- Murphy was appointed a clerk in the lust legislature because "ho is cock-eyed and can sue a 'job' in two directions at once ; " and Mac-Murphy avers that Harrison was generally regarded as the cheapest corruptionist in the whole legislature. There the quarrel rests until their quills are ropointed. The Union Pacific is surveying a line from Columbus to David City , and ex pect to have cars running into the latter place as soon as the Morthwcstoru , The Union Pacific also proposes to straighten out Us line between Valparaiso and Brainanl , shortening it about two miles. By other short cuts ou the line they ex pect to lesson the distance about sixteen miles between David City and Omaha , making the distance about seventy miles. From David City to Columbus the line will run about three miles west of 'the B. & M. road. _ Iowa Items. Ono hundred additions have been added to Cedar Rapids. A street railway company has boon or ganized and incorporated in Otlumwa. The report comes from Emmetsburg that 100 head of stock wore frozen to death during last week's ' bliziard. The work of changing the Osccola & Southern narrow guago to a standard gunge road will begin next wcok. The Sioux City prohibs are vigorously plugging the liolos-in-tho-wall , where villainous varnish was sold on the sly. Trainmaster Murphy , of the Burling ton , Cedar Kanids & Northern road , at Cedar Rapids , is the recipient of a num ber of Irish fish , tlio gift of Parnoll. A gang of toughs raided a grocery store in Des Moines Monday night. The burglars , loaded down with plunder , rushed into the wide arms of two police men. It was a neat catch. The hog cholera has made its appear ance in north Tatua again this spring. The disease caused the loss of $10,000 worth of stock last season , and as it has commenced earlier than usual , the loss will probably be greater this year. A labor agency at Chicago Is advertis ing for help to send to Des Moines under the representation that thousands of la borers are wanted Jfor employment unon the railroads. According to the Leader there are plenty of laborers in Des Moines to supply all present or prospect ive demands. Rebecca J. Farley , of Dubuqun , notifies the public in a card through the local prcsi , that shu "has changodjier uiind. " She lured lawyers , complained to the neighbors , cxcltcil sympathetic witnesses to swear her William Henry was a brute and wild benst , recorded a complaint in the sliapo of divorce proceedings that she wouldn't bo Mrs , Furltiy so she wouldn't any more , and then with the change of moon "changed her miiul. " 'Twjia over thus with the guntlu Uo- buccas. _ _ _ _ _ Colorado. Denver's real estate sales last week ag gregated ( fl3-ll'1.8'J. Kansas City capitalists have purchased ground for u theater to cost $100,000 in Denver. Mrs. K. B. Coates , bound from San Francisco to Baltimore , jumped from a movmc train near Pueblo last wuek. Shu was not seriously injured. Thn extension of the Denver & Rio Grande road ia within four miles of Dur- ango. Tim road will bu in operation to that thriving camp in a few months. The Missouri Pacific lias .stibnutlcd a proposition to tliu city of Pueblo to build to that point from ( Jreeloy county , Kan sas , in consideration of the right of way through the city , and depot grounds. The proposition has boon accepted. The Colorado Colt "defies contradic tion when it aasorUthatsomoof Denver's wealthy merchants have and are giving employment to a fuw young and hand soniii girls for base and inimornl purposes. is indued a sad state of affairs , but it is nevertheless truo.1' _ Ulu'li. Salt Lake City is Bald to bo thu only place in the United-States where the in spection of deeds on record Is refused to the public , The banks of Salt Lake City report the receipts for the week ending April 20. in clusive of $10,801.01 lu ere and \ lO.Bdl.M in bullion , : i total of fG5.II3.07. Mr. W.P. Noble , of Salt Lake City , has been awarded the contract to supply beef to the Shoshone and Arapahoe Inuiaus. J ho amount required Is 800,001) ) pounds at ? fl.0 per hundred , The Utah \ \ eel Growers' ' association lias a membership of 105 and Is In a prosperous - porous condition. The members gra/.o over 800,000 sheep and control thu ship ment of l.MO.OOO . pounds of wool. Last week's mineral shipments from Salt Lake City were , 8J cars bullion , 1,039.010 Ibs ; 15 cars iron matte , 409,18:1 Ibs ; 31 cars silver ore , 750,530 Ibs ; 17 cars lead ere , fWa.OOO Ib.s ; 33 c.ira copper ore , 1,042,050 Ibs ; total , 132- cars , 0,813,775 Ibs. The Mormons are practicing every art to escape the workings of the latest edi tion of United StAtus laws. Husbands transfer their property to their wives and thus escape paviucitt of costs. As to swearing , a prohibition trial in Iowa looks sick in comparison. They bolicvo polygamy is a "dfvino institution" and consequently a bogus oath before a law oflicor is trilling if ttsubsurvcs the growth and elevation of DriglmniUm. Montnnn. The Granite Mountain mine divided $200,000 among stockholders this month. Helena capitalists propose to build a huge smelter in that city , capable of profitably working $10 ore. Indians nro stealing horses by the wholesale in the northern counties , and the settlers nro arming to protect their property and to ninUo it sultry for "Lo. " Within thu next sixtv days the broad ening of thu Utah A : Northern will bo completed and an unbroken standard gauge put in operation covering the en tire line troin Pocatello to nil Montana points heretofore and now reached by thu narrow giuigo track. The Union Pa cific companv will endeavor to run trains over the Northern Pacific track to He lena. It is generally believed if this ur- rangoment is not concluded thu company will build an independent line to the cap ital city. Governor Hatiscr tells the Helena Her ald that two now railro.ul companies have been formed ono to build a branch from the Boulder valley road down the Boulder valley to Jefferson river , thence across to the Madison , near Red Bluff , and thence on up the Madison and into the National Park ; the ether from the Northern attiallatin Pacific to a junction with the National Park line near Red Bluff. Tlio lirst named road will bo built toRcdBlulfthisyc.tr and on into thu National Park next year. A spur will probably bo built from Red Bluff to Vir ginia City. Tlio 1'acUlo Coast. Colfax , W. T. , is to have a college , and thu contract for erecting the same has bccu lot. A pelican pleasuring nine feet from tip to tip was killed at Bishop Creek , Inyo county , ono day lust week. The brnwers In San Francisco have formed a "comblno" and raised the price of beer. The bottoms of beer mugs will ascend in consequence. An Orovillo miser named Horatio Hamilton starved himself to death re cently. He denied Himself proper food and left $3,000 cash and a quarter bcotion of land to relatives in Ohio. Never before wore the prospects tor largo crops more Haltering , and if every thing progrusscs favorably from now on until harvest Sacramento -county will have a larger yield than that of any pre ceding season. On the California & Oregon railroad , track Aias been laid to the Klamalh river , sixteen miles above Montague , and on the ether fiido of the river the road is graded and ready for the rails for a dis tance of about ten miles. The Portland flouring mills have an order for 150 tons of flour for Hong Kong , to bo shipped by thu way of San Fran cisco. This is a new thing in flour move ments and is probably a result of the corner in wheat in San Francisco. The coal shipments from Seattle dur ing the month of March amounted to 22,218 tons ; from Tacoma , 22,171 tons ; irom Nanaimo , 18,595 tons , and from De parture bay , 11,450 tons. The shipments from Puget Sound thus exceed those from British Columbia nearly 15,000 tons. Trouble Is brewing in the Union Iron works of San Francisco. This firm secured the contract for the construction of the United States cruiser Charleston. The contract provides that the vessel shall bo completed within a specified time , "except in case of earthquake , riots or strikes. " Superintendent Dickey , of the works , went to thu Clyde two months ago in search of cheap labor , and as noon as the imported mechanics arrive and attempt to work for less than the regula tion wages , there will be a walk out and a strike of considerable dimensions. All trades in the city are thoroughly organi- ? .ed and a unit against imported cheap labor. SALE OF THE POOR-FARM. Lots Heine Sold at Good Prices A Ureut Demand. Tlio auction sale of the county poor farm lots began yesterday at ten o'clock , and will be continued from day to day until all are sold. There was u good crowd present and bidding opened lively. Tom Kiloy , the auctioneer , knocked down the first corner lot at $3,050 , and the next two inside lots at $1,825 each , to William Gygcr , an employe of Dewey & Stone. Tlio highest price paid for any lot was $2,825 for lot 0 , block 1 , the purchaser being William I. Kicrstcad , the next re publican councilman irom the Ninth ward. Prices ranged from $925 up to the amount just named. Thu total amount realised $7li,000 , or $38,000 more than thn appraisement. If all the lots wore sold at as good prices as those sold yesterday , the county will receive upwards of $400,000 , and two- thirds of the farm will be left to bu dis posed of in thu future. It required from tun to liftonn minutes to soil each lot. The salu will thcrcforu last several days. Tips from tUn Tlo . KilwinBoothand his entire company foft last night at 11.30 for Kansas City over the Burlington. They went by n special train composed of Mr. Booth's private Worcester car "David Garrick" and abiJocial baggage car and coaeh fur nished by tin : Builington for thnir exclu sive uio. From Kansas City they go to Dos Moines by tliu gamu lino. W. F. Herman , general ngont for the Union Pacific at Cleveland , O. , is In the city. city.Tim officials of the Union Pncilio left Tuusday night in bpecial car 05 for Chicago cage , wlierothoy will ineottliu representa tives of thulown lines to uisciiss the matter of percentages for the operation of the Council Blnlls transfer. The Union Pa- cilia niun have comparative ligurns show ing the cot of operating the transfer before - fore their road took hold of it which , it i.s said , will "knock out" tlio Iowa roads in just about ono round. Traveling Passenger Agent Green , of the Union Paciiio , has returned from the. , west. District Court. Yesterday morning tliu examination of S. Kali-ill m aid of an execution ag.ilnst him. amounting to about $1,00) ) , in favor of Miland iV Co. , took place before Judgu Ncvillo. Mr. Potter In Oninha. Thomas J. Potter , the nowlv appointed firstvico president of Union Pnclllo road arrived 111 the city yesterday , In his special car from Kansas City. He was accom pnulcd by his private secretary. Mr. Pottei will remain here allay or so. He came hero on business connected with thu B. & M. road , but took advantage of nn hour's leisure } time to call at thu Union Paclllo headquarter * and have an informal talk with the otllcials there. Mr. Potter was met in the Millard hotel by a reporter yesterday afternoon. Hu Is a man of about forty years , of com manding presence , anil with a cluar gray e.yu which denotes its possessor to bo n man of coolness and nurvc. a.s well as judgiuniit ana forc.sitiht. lie is a pleas , ant man personally , and submits to HU interview with the utmost grace. "When do you expect to assume your new duties with thu Union Pacific ? " was asked of him. "Probably on the 10th of May , " ho re plied. " 1 shall resign with the Burling ton on the 15th , and shall go to work for thu Union Pacific on thu lilth. " "Your headquarters will be in Omaha ? " "Yes , though I don't know that 1 shall remove my family hero. My homu has long boon m Burlington and it will prob ably remain there. " Speaking of his now duties , Mr. Potter said : "My contract with the Union Pa- cilic makes my position that of lirst vice president , and gives mo control of the Union Pncilio mam line and the leased Oregon Railway and Navigation com pany's lines. Yes , I presume my work might bo called that of a general man ager. As for Mr. Ciunmings and Mr. Cullaway , I can't say as to whether they will remain with the reader or not. 1 presume so. 1 shall make very few changes. To tell you the truth. I have not taken up the work yet and i cannot say now just what I shall do. " "Will there bo any special change in the policy of the management ? " "That I can't say at present. " Mr. Potter has been associated with the Burlington for twenty years. Ho has worked his way up to the high position which he has occupied latterly , by force of his In dustry , integrity and ability , as n rail road man. Hu started in ius a station agent at Albla , la. , and has occupied various positions with the road since , both in thu traffic and operating depart ments. To use his own plirnso ho has boon "a httio bit of every thing. " In other words , his experience has been that of a thorough , all-around railroad man. General Manager Clark. General Manager S. H. U. Clark , of the Missouri Pacific , is also in the city. Ho camu hero paitly to effect the removal of his family to St. Louis , ana partly ( and principally ) on business connected with the Missouri Pacific's Omaha inter ests , t < Mr. Clark was yesterday approached by a reporter who secured from him some valuable information. That gentleman by the way , docs not treat the interviewer with that pompous brusqucrio which Is affected by some railroad men. Ho Is willing to give information which it Is uolitio to disclose , at the same time that ho is always careful not to say anything that ought not to be made public. In answer to questioning Mr. Clark said : "Yes , I am horegcttinglhings ItiBhapo tor the building wnich the Missouri Pa cific will do here tins season. The land on which wo shall erect our shops and roundhouse is near Sulphur Springs , and is about Hixteen acres In extent. This is being filled up , so as to make the tract perfectly level. " "How largo will the shops be ? " "That it is impossible to say at present. You can rest assured that they will be of good size. They will do all the work for tlio Missouri Pacific from Atchison , Kan sas , north. Than wo have other shops at Atchison , at St. Louis and tit Sedalia , Missouri. The details of the Omaha shops I can give you later. Then wo shall build a big round house at Sulphur Springs , even larger than the old one. It was a fortunate thing for Omaha that the old rpund house burned , as it inaugu rated a system of improvements here that will involve nn outlay of thousands of dollars. The Missouri Pacific will also erect a depot on Its grounds ( which have 1,500 foot frontage ) at Sixteenth and Nicholas. The details of the depot have not yet been arran ged. " "Will the Missouri Pacific go into the union depot scheme of the Union Pa cific ? " "We have signified our willingness to do so , when the ether roads are ready. It is certainly not the fault of the Mis souri Pacilic that the hclicmo is not being pushed. " "When will the Belt Line trains com mence running1 "We want to Inaugurate the system this year just as soon an the tush of work subsides. I can't fix any positive date however. It will not be long before thcso trains are in operation. " Mr. Clark declined to answer any question about the proposed branches of UinlMissouri Pacific from Omaha. Mr. Clark has sold his residence at Twentieth and Dodge , lie still retains a live-acre tract near Ilanscom Place , ou which ho expects to build. Ho will then make his permanent residence in Omaha. The O. R. & N. Lined. Now that the Union Pacific haa defin itely secured the lease of I ho Oregon Railway & Navigation company , some information on the subject of tbo lines of that organization will bo of timely in terest. The line of the O. R. & N. company commences At Huntington , Oregon , the western terminal of the Union Paoitie. It runs tlionco west to Umatilla where it connects with the branch running in n direction slightly northwest to Portland , Oregon. At Umatilla , ether branohuti diverge to different points in the north east , covering quite extensively the rapidly developing country of Oregon and Washington "territory. Altogotmir , the system comprises about OJO or 700 miles of railway. In addition to this , the company operates a line of Hteamora on Puget Soling , to Seattle , on the Snake river , the Columbia river and the Wil- liamelto rivur , buside.s a line from Port land to San Francisco. Thu coast linn of htuamcrs makes the trip from I'orllnnd to 'Fiisco , ono of 000 mlles , in llftv hourtt. Tills gives thu Union Pacific its own lin.i to tliu coast , and great scenic route to California , with a rule of over COO miles by water , thrown in. Of couwo thn jraflio arrangement with tliu Central Paciiio will still bu maintained , go that passengers , bo preferring , can go we t by that route. As already stated , the Oregon Railway & Navigation lines will bu in control of Mr. Potter. Other arrangements tor lU operation have not yet been made up in detail. Thn Ship Was Drunic. A letter was received yesterday from Sherman Canfiold , who is accompanying "Buffalo Bill" on his European tour. The letter was written in mid-ocean. The good ship "Nubruska , " hu says , has mot with so mo rough weather but has bo far withstood thu gale bravelv. " Tliu writer says that thu Indians , wl'o had never experienced anything of thu sort , worn very much alarmed at the foiling of the ship in the heavy seas. Onn bravo solemnly remarked , ' 'tecpen him heap dam drunk , " when the VUSMI ! was doing sonio heavy lurching , "reopen" is llui Indian expression for tent | iml they apply it to tlio shi | > , IH woll. . . . Use the surest remedy lor cntrrh Dr , ' Saiio's. , .