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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATUKDAY. APKID 30. 1887. THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. or SUBSCTIIPTIOX : Dnllr ( IfocnlJir Edition ) Including Sunday BKR , Ono Year . $10 M Forfllr Months . 6 00 For Throe Months . 8W Tlio Omahn Hvndny BEE , mailed to nny address , Ono year. . . . . ZOO OMAHA Ornrr. No. n < > xn 91 FAHVIW BTHEZT. YORK ornru. ! > OM itt , THIRUNR - All communication * relating to news nod edi torial mutter fthould bo ftddreuod to the EDI- Ton or TUB BIR. KCSIirRgSLrmRSt All builnMS lotton nod remittance * should be ftddroHSod to TIIK Dec I'uuusntNO Covi'ANr , OMAHA. Draft * , chocks and postofflco orders to be raado payable to the ord r of the company , THE IEE POBLIHliuiPllir , PROPRIETORS , E. ROSEWATER. Kprron. THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement of Circulation. SUto of Nebraska , ) . a County of lou las. | s < s < Uco. 1) . Tzschucic , secretary of The Heo Publishing company , does solemnly swear that the actual circulation of the Dally Boo for the week ending April 23 , 1887 , was as Saturday , April 10 . 14,570 Hnndixy , April 17 . IS.O.W Mnndav. Aprim . 14,740 Tuesday. April 10 . 14,000 Wednesday. April 20 . 14,150 Thursday , April 81 . 14,100 Friday , April 23 . .14,500 Average . T4.2S7 GEO. 1J. TZSCIIUOR. Subscribed and ( worn to before mo this 85th day of April , 1887. N. P. Fr.n , , [ SEAL. ] Notary Public. Oco. B.'IYschuck , being first duly sworn , deposps nnd says that ho is secretary of The lice Publishing company , that the actual average dally circulation of the Dally Bee for the month of April , 18bG , 12,101 copies ; for May , 1880 , 12,439 copies ; for June , 1880 , 12.298 copies ; for July , 1886 , 12.314 copies ; for August. 1SS5 , 12,464 copies : for Septem ber. 1 , lno : copies ; for Octohnr , 1880. 12'jsa copies ; for November , 1880 , 13US : copies ; for December , ibbO. 18,257 copies ; for January , 1837 , 10,200 copies ; for February. 1887 , 14,10 ; ) copies ; for March , 1897 , 14,400 copies. Oco. B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed nnd sworn to before me tills lath day of April , A. D. , 1887. I SEAL. | N. P. KKIL , Notary Public , MK. GAILSEA.U is a pushing fellow but ho is trying to push himself to the front a llttlo too fast. UNDER tlio now law the man who at- tomptstho _ last year's custom of voting early alid often wllThavo an opportunity ( or unmolested meditation. THE news ooinos from llot Springs to the effect that Church Ho wo is seriously ill. Other advices state that the Nomaha statesman is working up a sympathetic boom. BEN Bm.Eit still carries his right arm in a sling as a result of his fall in Phila delphia. This is as near us the cook-oycd goddess of reform can como to carrying anything. , Tun most important piece of interna tional news cabled from London , is that Gladstone and Red Shirt , of Buffalo Bill's Wild \Vest troupe , have shaken hands and hold a conference. If the city election could only bo postponed until Tom i'otter has taken the bclm of the Union Pacific the democrats would have some show of electing their man for mayor. ALTHOUGH hundreds of dead-heads I * * and dead-boats have surrendered their free passes in Nebraska , the passenger tariff remains the same as when coaches were crowded with successful pass fiends. How much money is the sporting fra ternity railing to make Garneau mayor of Omaha T Wo remember that over five thousand dollars were contribnted to buy up the boodlers of the judiciary committee last winter. THK postofllco at Nobesvlllo has been changed to Hycrsvillo and Mrs. Ilyors succeeds Mrs. Nobcs as postmistress. And thus does the glory of Warden Nobcs fade away. However , ho con tinues to own these houses at Yotk. THE Illinois Bureau of Labor has de cided that the boat solution of the con tract-prison labor question lies in the banishment of all machinery. A bettor solution of the problem would bo in the banishment of lobbyists at the state cap 1U1. THK legislative investigating commi tte < baa closed its sessions m Brooklyn aftei bowing almost conclusively that th < eleetrio light business in that city wai heavy with jobbery. It is , indeed , a bold man who would attempt corruption ic front of an olootrio light. THESE are Just an oven fifty druj stores in Dos Molnos. And yet prohibi tion prohibits there , according to Gov ernor Larraboo. It is said upon unques I ft. tioned authority that half of DCS Molnos1 fe male population is squint-eyed , caused IX by a pccullrir move of the optic in thi k tight of drug clorks. "TnE sickliest and most sickcninf word in modern parlance is the word 'boom.1 Let us boycott it , " dreanlj jiays the Burlington Hnwkcyc. This TOICO from the grave this wail of n los town'a soul should bo respected. How ever , Worchostor adopted the word "boom" in 1831 , when Omaha commence * bor never-ending magio strides. THE east scorns to appreciate the inton of Arbor Day. Colonel James Young , o Middlotown , Pa. , planted 1233 trees S < fruit trees , 370 willows and 030 locusts This , we dare say , is a greater numbe of trees than was planted by any on man m Nebraska on that day. It was i stormy day in Nebraska , yet Pennsylvn nia experienced a snow storm at th aaie time. FOR the first time In her history Omah .1 d' bas a straight out and out prohlbitloi t ticket in the field for every municipa office from mayor to ward councllmai Tbe candidates on this ticket are em iwntly respectable and the public willgl ? them credit for moral courage even I they lack discretion and politic ! common senso.l THE inter-stata commission is in th south , having visited Atlanta and Mobih It is flooded with petitions. The board of trade from cities in Georgia , Nort Carolina and South Carolina presonte petitions asking for suspension of th tourth section , while water companic frotett strongly against if. Tlio.furtht investigation proceeds the moro porple : lag the questions become. Maadlln Sympathy. Lieutenant James II , G. Wllcox , of the Seventh cavalry , Is now undergoing trial at Fort Snolllng for repeatedly drawing pay to which ho was not entitled nnd this on his own false certificate made upon his "honor" as an oiltccr. Lieutenant Wilcox Is from Kentucky nnd Is said to bo of highly reputable family and is a graduate from the mili tary academy. From his place of birth , and professional education and training , ho ought to have a thorough knowledge of the Importance and binding character of his "certificate of honor. " Recent telegrams from Fort Snolling , reporting this case , indicalo that an ef fort is being made to manufacture sym pathy for this man , Two points are given upon which such maudlin sympa thy is based ono bad associates , the other the severe treatment ho has been subjected to slnco his crime was de tected in being actually looked up in the post guard house ; the only instance , it is alleged , within the memory of the oldest officers in the service. This is clearly a mistake , as Lieutenant Maxwell , Twentieth Infantry , for a simi lar but less aggravated crime ho did not duplicate his pay accounts quite so of ten- was looked up In the post guard house and shackled as well. Ho ultimately graduated , after a two years' course lit shoe making at the Kansas state peni tentiary. Why an army officer , guilty of a felony , should he treated differently from any other swindler or thief , would bo hard to explain , particularly when such officer has been favored , as has been Lieutenant Wiicox , by being educated at public expense given at once , on grand- uation , honorable employment at good pay. His wrong doing , under all the cir cumstances , present all the features of crime of the lowest thlof , and added to this the basest treachery , ingratitude nnd dishonor. If ho should receive his de serts , ho will bo sent to some penitentiary for a sufficiently long term to learn a useful trade before his enlargement. While this Is what Lieutenant Wilcox's crime should give him , we have none but the kindest feelings of sympathy for his honest relatives in the disgrace his crim inal acts have brought them. The Root of All Evil. The Chicago Herald claims that if the word "boodlo" much wider gains a cur rency It will have to go Into the diction ary. The Herald thinks It might bo treated by the lexicographers in this way : Boodle , ( noun ) . 1. The stuff which corrupt politicians seek , accept , or use as a circulat ing : medium. 3. Anything of value wtilcb may be employed for the bribery of public of Qcers or for other questionable purposes. 3 , The divvy. tioodler , ( noun ) . 1. Any person who elves or receives boodle. 2. A criminal , Uoodling , ( verb ) . 1. The act of offering 01 accepting boodlo. 2. Conspiracy against pub lic Interests In behalf of private persons. There is no particular use for lexicog rnphors to use this word so late in the season. Yet if they do , and should need further knowledge on the subject , several members of the Into legislative judiciarj committee could impart information thai would cause the father of boodlers , Henri B. Fayno , to admit that his disciples were wiser than bo. Further search would no doubt rovooLtho fact that conductor/ / of Lincoln oil rooms were adepts in the science of disbursing boodle before the Standard Oil company conceived the idea of lavishing its gold to corrupt and debauch the representatives of the people Boodle may go in the dictionary , bul the boodler should go to the penitentiary The Indians In 1887. The Indian problem is of perennial in torest. It still awaits solution. Pro fessor W. G. Sumncr makes a contribu tion to that end in the current number o : The Fonim , submitting some very prac tical suggestions and deductions whicl arc worthy of attention. Thcso , it ma ] be promised , are not in line with tbo theories orios of those who take only the phllan thropio or the sentimental view of tin question. Professor Sunmer's habit ol thought is to regard the practical side o : things. From this point of view ho is able only to sco that the Indians , inordei to be made useful to themselves and note to be a trouble and annoyance to others must bo brought under the intlueucc ; and requirements of civilization , and no set apart from them in a position of dependence pondenco and irresponsibility whicl keeps alive and active the meanest in stincts of their nature , and has its consequences quences in ignorance , indolence and dog rndation. The reservation system is character izcd as "anomalous and irrational to ai extraordinary degree. " It gives the lane to Indians who cannot use it , and whiti men who could use it are not allowed t < do so. The Indians will not cultivate the land. A few widely scattered example may bo found of men who have iruprovct considerable areas and brought thorn ti a highly productive state of cultivation but such are cited to prove the rule o neglect. The reports present a wear ; story of shiftlessncss and pauperization The renting system has conduced to th Improvement of the reservations , but ii becoming landlords the effects producci by the rations and supplies furnished b ; the government have been enlarged am intensified. "Tho Indian , " says Prates ser Sunmor , "is so much like a whit man that ho will lot some ono els do the work , if he can got his own livln , in that way as well as by working him self. A small living which comes in tha way is better to him than any livinj which be could got by working , Th reservation system tends , therefore , t make the Indian a landlord of the won kind , both in bis individual capacity an as a member of his tribe. " The endeavor to educate the Indian- that is , to give him some instruction i reading and writing has not been pr < ductivo of encouraging results. Whil bo does not condemn the effort , he ov dently does not regard it as having tb importance that its supporters woul claim for it. The policy of inducing Ii dians to become f armors he thinks may I a mistake. "Thoro is a whole stage ( civilization between hunting and agrlcu ' turo. It seems reasonable tbat tl : Indians should be led through th stage , and not lifted ov < it. " The tendency of tl Indian to take up berdiug en his on behalf and to engage in freighting are d volopmonts which Professor Sumner r gards as offering a distinct hope for tt Indian , aad suggests that "it seems wo thy of consideration whether there mlgl not bo more wisdom in following thei leadings than in Insisting tbat the Indiat mnst follow lines of olvllte&tton laid down for them. " The tot whtoh ovorjr other man has to meet whether ho is worth having In this world , and whether ho can take the responsibility for himself ho thinks the Indian cannot long avoid. To prepare him for that test requires that the way into civilization shall bo opened to him and that ho shall be encouraged to enter therein. In other words , that the Indian shall be mndo an individual and worked upon a ? such. The Horse Railway and Cable Fran chise. In response to the popular demand , as expressed through the BEE , for a definite assurance that the franchise for a cable line sought by the Horse railway com pany would Insure the building of the road within reasonable time , Mr. Guy C. Barton , president of thatcompany.makcs a formal statement ever his name to which public attention is called. Mr. Barton , on behalf of the company , makes tlio pledge that active construction of the cable railway will begin within ninety days after the franchise has been granted , and declares it to bo the Intention of the com pany to complete nt least six miles of cable railway within two years. Mr. Barton calls attention to the fact that the company Is obligated by the terms of the ordinance to commence the con struction of its cable road this summer. The only open question Is the extent of such construction this year or thereafter. While Mr. Barton's official pledge docs not constitute a guaranty of the con struction of the .Jid. the fact that no person or corporation can have exclusive right of way for Btrcot'railroad purposes would in itself prevent the hold ers of the franchise from * keep ing out competing roads unless they make use of it by building the proposed lines. In other words , if Mr. Barton's company fails to build the cable railway , for which they ask a franchise , within n rcasonablo time , there is nothing to pre vent Omaha granting the same privilege to another company. If , on the other hand , they construct lines through cer tain streets , there is nothing to hinder the city from voting a fran- ceiso to another corporation for the streets which Mr. Barton's company fails to occupy witn its tracki. The only dangpr to bo apprehended is that the powerful influence of the corporations which are about to acquire cable road , horse railway and motor railway fran chises , will pool and defeat any effort in the future to confer a richt of way through any part of the city to any other company. _ _ _ The Three Ward Councilman. The citizens of the Seventh , Eighth and Ninth wards are to vote for ono ward councilman trom their respective wards next Tuesday in addition to the nine councllmen to bo elected at largo by the voters of tlio entire city. The BEE can heartily commend each of the republican candidates for ward council- men. men.W. . H. Alexander , the candidate in the Seventh ward , is a citizen who enjoys the esteem and conlidouco of rep utable people of all classes. lie is the choice of the ward Irrespective of party or faction and will , wo may confidently predict , make an efficient and faithful municipal legislator. Albert M. Kitchen , who has been nom inated to represent the Eighth ward in the next council , is reputed to bo a man of integrity and first class business ca pacity. No bettor man could have been chosen to represent the interests of the property owners of the Eighth ward. William Kicrsted , the republican nom inee of the Ninth ward , is ono of the most popular young men in Omaha. He is blight , active and enterprising. Ho will not only labor for the best in terests of tbo ward , but of the whole city. While there is nothing certain in this world except death and taxes , Billy Kiorsted's election is , wo confidently be lieve , an assured fact. Other Liaudn Than Ours. The Schnaobcles incident continues to bo the most interesting and important topic in European affairs. The facts are still in dispute , and the reports cominir from Paris and Berlin respecting the views entertained at these capitals ao for the most part in conflict. Tlio re assuring statements said to have boon received by the Frencli government from its ambassador at Berlin , regarding ad missions of Bismarck favorable to the French claims in thu case , which amounted to a practical surrender on the part of the German government , are not at all in accord with the semi-official statements of the government organ nt Berlin , which announced that it had boon fully proved that Schnaobolo was arrested on German soil , and also that ho was im plicated with others in conveying treasonable enable intelligence to the French. There has been a very earnest effort made to keep French temper below the boiling point , nnd thus far with success , but It may not bo able to much longer withstand the somewhat irritating effect of the cool and deliberate ate- course of the Gorman government. It is the opinion in some quarters that it is tbo policy of Bismarck , in connection with this matter , to fret Franco into doing something that will put her in the position of an aggressor and thus make an excuse for war. The roprcssivo pol icy of Germany in Alsace-Loralno to ward everything French certainly seems to bo growing in severity , and there are some other indications that the relations of the two countries are becoming moro strained. A well-informed correspond ent writing from Paris says ho finds it quite impossible to doubt that war will como , and that before very long. He quotes as authority for this opinion Lord Wolseloy and Sir Charles Dilko , General Boulanger and M. Clomenceau. Leaving Russian Imperial policy and Austrian domestlo affairs on one side , as practically incomprehensi ble , the simplest and most matural way in which war can come will bo that France and Germany will steadily in crease their armaments until the strain , becomes too great for one of thorn to bear. This ono will undoubtedly bo first Germany , and if at that time Prince Bis marck is in power , the probability seems to be that ho would cut the knot by mak ing some demand for explanation of the diplomatic action of Franco , which the latter would reject , and the recrimina tions which would follow would crystal- ize into a casus belli. If not in this way , then , ju.it as m ono of the continental cathedrals , a circle , of armedknlghte guards the tomb of the .dead hero , and at a certain hour of a certain day In the year draw their swords , step down from their marble ! pedestals and , as tradition baa it , solemnly march three times ground It. So the sword will bo drawn on Europe by living hands at n certain Dour of a certain day , without any roksoh that contemporary men can sco , and1 likely enough without any cause that tlio fctudont of the future will bo able to seiio. When war docs como it can hardly help throwing the whole of Europ'6 Jlnto a conflagration , and Knghshmorj.tnay well bo uneasy , as the most Uioughtful.of them undoubtedly are. The discussion of the crimes bill in the British house of commons ifurlng the past week has not been characterized b } any such startling episodes as these which marked the proceedings of the previous week. The controversy , hpw- over , has been by no means dull or with out features of interest , and It is quita certain that the opponents of the meas ure have not lost ground. On the other hand , the coalition supporting the bill is still safely strong enough to defeat obstructive motions. Ono made on Thursday was rejected , and a motion that the house go into committee on the bill was adopted. In this position the measure will encounter a mass of amend ments. Already nearly three hundred have been noticed , and it is impossible to say how far this sort of warfare against the measure way , or will bo permitted to extend. It 1.4 moro than likely that upon some of these amendments divisions will toke place in the coalition ranks , and the liberals are basing a good deal of hope upon the possible breach. It is not at all Improbable that some of these who are n the coalition and pledged to remain while the bill is in Its present stage , will very gladly accept a plausible opportu nity to throw off their allegiance , and when disintegration begins there is no telling where it would stop. Mr. Gladstone is still bearing the brunt of the great battle , and in this , as in the exposure of the financial fallacies of Mr. Goschon , still maintains his position as the greatest among Eng lish leaders and the first among contem porary British statesmen. * * * The cities of Strasburg and Metz , which the Schnacbclcs incident has brought more largely than usual into public attention , represent the oxtremea of Gorman and French fooling iu Alsace- Lorraine. Metz is practically a French city , in splto of its enormous German garrison. Stratisburg , on the other hand , in spite of Its French population , is as thoroughly German. The French and the Germans there have a few moro dealings than ' " hadtho Jews and the Sattmhtans ; they have their separate ii jrspapers , their sepa rate pleasure resqrfs , oven their separate cafes , and it is a rare thing to hear a con versation in French In a German cafe , erin in German in a French cafe. And there are no signs that'fh'is feeling is abating rather the contrary. Strasburg has its regular German student life , with its corps , its gaudy little caps and its stu dents' haunts. Most of its places ot amusement , like the famous Rhcinlust , are absolutely Gorman and are crammed with soldiers. The war feeling is uni versal there , and all-talk , says a corre spondent , about the cession by Prince Bismarck to France of certain parts of Alsace and Lorraine , seems absurd when ono thinks of Strasburg life. * % It appears that a woman Is at the bottom tom of the British quarrel with the re- oublic of Haytl. It scorns that m 1870 an English widow named Maunders got a concession from the Haytian govern ment , permitting her to exploit the valu able forests of a small Island called Tor toise island in return for a fixed rent. She exploited the forests successfully enough , but she never paid her rent , and was accordingly sued for It before the Haytian courts , and her concession with drawn. . She thereupon fled to Jamaica , and claimed damages through her own government to the amount of $710,000 , and the British minister backed up her claim , and , it is said has oven threatened to seize the island as security. The Haytiens produced a provision of the Maunders contract that in case of dispute recourse should bo had to arbitration , and on this proposed to refer the matter to the French Court of Cassation. On this offer being declined they offered to leave it to President Grcvy , but Mrs. Maunders rejected this also. The negotiations have thus far boon in the hands ot the minister , Mr. Clement Hill , but it is not believed that the home gov ernment will support his pretentious to tlio full extent. It would bo a monstrous violation of international usage to give Widow Maunders the use of the British navy to enable her to resist the decree of the courts of a friendly , even if insignifi cant , power. . " Missionary work In Africa does not re ceive much encouragement from the re port recently made by Dr. Oscar Leuz , who made a prolonged tour of that land in behalf of the king of Belgium. Dr , Lenz renders full justice to the good In tentions of the missionaries and to the motives which impel the Scottish and London societies to 4Bond thorn out , bul he assorts that thov waste largo sums ol money for very smtUl results. Negroes who are taught by thorn to road and write mostly become unfit for any manual oc cupation. They cplftidcr themselves ru good as the white n n , think it undigni fied to toll , and ; yion ( not engaged in holding largo and noisy prayer-meetings , at which every man , wants to take hk turn at proachingvjthoy roam about beg ging and take it very ill if they cannot live altogether on doles from their white follow Christians. Tjio European facto rles have learned to beware of these men and will not give them employment. Sc most of them end TIT relapsing into bar barism and vagabondage , their last state being worse than their first , as tbe renegade gado native convert almost always be comes a criminal. * The obstinate course of Lord Lansdowne downo with his Irish tenants who are represented to be men above tbe average in ability and Intelligence , is thought U be in no small part due to the influence of his family connections. His brother in-law , Lord Joseph Hamilton , is a mem ber of tbe tory cabinet. Another brother- in-law , the Duke of Abercorn , is the the head of the Irisn Landlord union , These facts explain much. It is curious , however , that Landowne' brother , Lord Edmiiud FiU Maurice , is an enthusiastic Glndstonlnn , ami is Just now writing a book on Ireland which Is intended to justify homo rule nnd to vindicate the course of Mr , Gladstone andMr.Faruell. STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jotting * . There are ISO school teachers in Brown county. Chadron citizens are fishing for a great mill to put by a dam slto near by. A largo fund has been raised for the erection of a Catholic church In Long Pino. Two saloons nnd two drug stores have been licensed to sprinkle the dust in Ewing. The platform of the new depot in Co lumbus has been appropriately named "Flirtation Walk. " Nightcap socials successfully brought quarters and dimes from the pocKcts of the penurious iu Ponca. The Enterprise is doing sentinel duty at Battle Creek , Madison county. D. W. Bryan supplies the ammunition. Falrbury proposes to extract 1300 a year from every saloon as an occupation tax , in addition to n license of $500. Ex-Senator Dolan , of Indlanola , is temporarily afoot , thieves having robbed him of n pfuuton andsorrol-mountcd har ness. ness.A company has been formed to Improve and develop the seven springs near Long Pine and boost the town us a health re sort. sort.Nebraska Nebraska pays out $430,000 a year to foreign insurance companies. Less than one-fifth of this sum comes back in fees. fees.Sheridan Sheridan county is waking up in a flut ter of excitement again ever the near approach preach of ttio Akin damage 'suit against the mobbors , the trial of which occurs in the district court next month. Tens of thousands of trees are being planted this year in Sheridan county to break the dull monotony of the rolling prairie and furnish grateful shade and valuable fuel to the sturdy homesteader. The St. Paul & Omaha shops in Sioux City are fitting up a train of cars to bo used in the filling of the company's yards at Omaha. Instead of the usual middle rail for steam shovel unloading there is a flldo'guidc , and thu dirt is all to be un loaded on the side of the car. Plattsmouth has perfected n pro gramme for the formal celebration of the completion of the city waterworks , next Thursday. Speeches , songs and a parade will open the ceremonies , followed by a hose team race for a purse of $50 , a test of the waterworks , and a firemen's ball at the opera house. lown Item * . Cedar Falls snipped 800 carloads of manufactures and other products last month. The veterinary experts at DCS Moincs are trying to stamp out glaudefa among the horses of that city. The unfortunate Jowa tramp is unl- formally running against a chain gang these fine sanitary work days. The oldest federal judge , in point of service , in this country is J. M. Love , of Kcokuk , who was appointed by Pierce In 1850. James Kelly and Ester Welsh , aeod re spectively seventy and sixty years , were granted a marriage license to wed at DCS Moincs. The philosopher of the Sioux City Tribune endeavors to prove , by _ a combi nation of words , that dust is ono of nature's greatest curatives and that rheu matism and indigestion vanish at the sight of it. The town is generous to a fault , however , and is willing to share its jewels with cramped and crippled humanity. It is iu the air at all hours and seasons nnd can bo taken in chunks or clouds as the unfortunate may elect. Governor Larrabeo recently declared that prohibition had worked a wonderful improvement in the moral and material condition of the people. The official compilation of criminal returns for 1880-7 , made to the secretary of state , toll a different story. In the entire state last jear the number of convictions all told was 1.H39 this year it Is 1,015. Last year the number sent to county jails was 139 , this year it is 188. The total amount of fines imposed by the district court lost year was $75.581.43-tbis year It is f 117.- 031.40. Total expenses on account of criminal piosocutions ( including district attorney's fees ) lost year $439,561.01) ) ; this year Jf452.073.18. Dakota. Last season's potatoes have gone up to 10 cents a pound in the retail market of Dcadwood. An hor.cst farmer was parading the streets of Dcadwood last Monday asking $140 for a load of Hay. In Brulc county wheat is generally all sown and nicely up. Oats are nearly all sown , and some fields sliow very groeu. Moody county farmers say that no more favorable auspices for an abundant crop have occurred for years. Nearly if not all the seeding of small grain has been done. In the vicinity of Blotiut are three gas wells , two of which are used by their owners for heating and lighting pur poses. Natural gas in Hughes and Sully counties is reported in bountiful quanti ties. ties.Building Building operations at the Jamestown insane asylum will begin early in May. Too plans include two full ward build ings , which will make four when com pleted , a largo engine room and coal House , a kitchen ana an amusement hall and chapel to cost $8. Construction to the amount of $153,000 will engage the attention of the trustees this season. Black Hills farmers have sown ex tensively this spring. It is thought by some that thu area under cultivation will be three times that of last year. The farmers who last year did barely enough work to provo up on have this year plowed and planted with the intention of raising a crop on which to make a profit. A more favorable spring could scarcely have been made to order , the abundant full of water has replenished the earth with moisture exhausted by last year's drouth , springs are renewed , crooks full , and all Indications point 19 tbo largest crop ever harvested in this country , a sure sign of prosperity for all. The Irish lieaguo. The Irish National Land League will mcot in Cunningham hull Sunday next , May l.at 3 p. m. Now is the time for all lovers of liberty to como forward and show bv their presence that they sympathize With the liberty-loving Irish , who are bat tling for Independence against the most relentless tyrannysufforcd by any people. STEI-HKN J. BUOUKUICK , Sec. Captured a Daylight Robber. Silas Robinson effected a bold robbery at noon yesterday. Ho smashed in a show case of a restaurant on Capitol are- nue near Twelfth street , and grabbed the money inside 15.85. Ho then ran toward the river and escaped for the time. Officer Ormsby , howevcr.obtaincd hla description nnd cleverly captured him at the depot as ho was about to get on a train for Council Bluffs. Painting the Viaduct , Yesterday morning at 11 o'clock , Mr. House , chairman of the board of public works , opened the bid of Stephens & Rog- ner for the painting of the viaduct on Six teenth street , the amount being $3,493.80. This being the only bid presented , the board , Messrs. Scholl and Voss being present , postponed action on it until this evening at 7:30 : o'clock ; "KIRMESS OF Alt NATIONS. " Boston's New and Novel Form of Fublio Entertainment. SARAH HOWE IN YANKEEDOM. Cutting Tunnota Under Tlio Com mon Doaton Shocked by Kid- Idle Fawcott Criticism Woman's Good Work. BOSTON , April 10. [ Correspondence of the llEK. ] Of the runny Interesting af fairs that have taken place in Mechanics hull this season , none have- attracted inoro general attention among all classes of people than the "Kirmcss of All Na tions , " which was held there on Thurs day and Friday of last week m the In terest of the Women's Educational and Industrial Union. "Haro yon been to the KIrmcssT" Is nslccd by OTorybody , and the answer is universally in the af firmative. The word "kirmess" or "klrchmcsso" is of Gorman origin and meant originally church-ale. Later ! lit Icanio to mcanCa church festival or country fair , and It is now Americanized into meaning almost any sort of public entertainment for charitable or religious purposes , The Boston Kirmoss was a kind of miniature world's fair. It consisted mainly of dances , which exhibited the diffuront costumes of various nations , and of market places , well supplied with the products of the countries which they represented. Adding greatly to the In terest of those novel scenes were the pretty maids and comely youths , and Boston Is full of both , who took part. One of the mot Interesting features of the affair was that the ladies and gentle men in charge of the various depart ments were the dress , spoke the lan guage , and exemplified the CUSTOMS OF THE PEOPLE which they represented. The first thing that attracted my attention on entering the hall was the farm yard scene , tbo central figure of which was a fine looking specimen of the genus now. This animal seemed to bo perfectly at peace with the world and thoroughly contented witli her lot. I don't blame nor. Who wouldn't be contented to be surrounded by sucha happy BCCUO , to bo looked at and admired by thousands , and to be fed and fondled by three such blooming young dairy maids as had charge of the cheese , but ter and egg department in the interior , of the barn ? "Bossy" was evidently the pet of the family , for a crumpled bow of blue ribbon , on on each horn , and several other little things which I won't take time to mention , gave ample evidence of a "spoiled" cow. The other inhabitants of the barnyard were two families of fine poultry , an English mastiff and a' young St. Bernard dog. The 'nst ' two were probably the remains of the dog show of the week bcforo. Beyond the barn came the wonderful well , attended by two appropriately at tired Rebeccas. This well was ti marvel in that by some magic spell it gave forth a great VAKIETr OF COOI.DIHNKS ( strictly temperance of course ) . Next to this was a Hungarian Gypsy tent , sur rounded with green forest verdure , with a faggot fire and a steaming iron kettle beside it. After the huge creaking wind mill was the the neat little Dutch house , with a tempting array of edibles and charming Dutch girls. The sweet strains of n rollicking fan dango attracted me to the Spanish booth , whore tables were loaded with fine olives , guava jelly , cocoa and cigarettes. The costumes and mandolin playing of the Spanish gentlemen were both striking. "Thou shalt revere the Mikado and obey the will of his Kingdom" was the motto of the Japanese booth. Any ono thoroughly tired of the renowned prede cessor of lluddygore , would naturally walk half a mile to get away from a place with such a motto , so wo deliber ately walked around it. My companion suggested that for a motto , "Yum-Yum was sick and had to take Ko-Ko , " would have been more to the point. After the Flower booth came the French booth , alive with black bodicod "mcsdamvisollcs" with white caps , who presented an extremely picturesque ap pearance and spoke good French. The Italian booth was attractive with fruits , wines , macaroni , spaghetti , etc. The costumes of the veiled ladies and Turkish gentlemen in the oriental de partment were costly , and beautiful al most beyond description , and the apart ment was fragrant with the rich poriumo of oltar of roses. The Swiss village was very attractive with Us dairy products and genuine im ported mosaics. The refreshment tables of the German department were well patronized by Ger man speaking people. THE KIBMKSS POSTOFFIOE was quite a cosmopolitan affair , with mails addressed in many languages. Tbo entertainment of the evening , which was by all means the best feature of the Kirmess , began with a tableau and grand procession of all the dancers , who numbered over 800 young ladles and gentlemen. I cannot describe all the dances , but the following list will give some idea of what they were : The minuet of the court of Louis XIV. , the Dutch dance , the tennis dance , composed expressly for the occa sion , the Spanish and Swedish dances , the latter to the music of the "Swedish Wed ding March , ' ' the Tyrolean mountaineers' dance , the Russian dance and the Hunga rian gypsy dance. All the diflicult ina- nojuvcrs of thcso dances were correctly and gracefully performed under the direction of Mr. Karl Marwig , of Now York , who has boon drilling the dancers for the past six weeks. After this part of the enter tainment there was lfdnueing on the preen" which lasted until 1 o'clock. Among the notable at the Kirmess were Governor Ames and staff and Mayor and Mrs. O'Brien. ' The genial , governor is said to have perpetrated the following which has boon mistaken for a pun. "I am to bo Kinness-crated , " he said on being driven up stairs to a prominent seat in the balcony. , It's the same old story. People are htill fond of being swindled even In these days of daily uress exposures. But its the women this time and I suppose they are to bo excused on account of their inexperience and proverbial credulity and Boston Is the scene of it. Old , Puritan Boston scat of woman's rights , woman's Mill- ' dress-reform and the rage , woman's - , woman's educational union. " 1 see through it all now. " I hoard a women say the other day , "and I'll never deposit my little all again , unless I know with whom I ata dealing ! " The speaker was ono of the many women who had loaned monov to the "Ladles Deposit Bank , " run 'by the now famous Mrs. Sarah E. Howe of this citv. The scheme was plausible enough. The Ladies Deposit - posit was a woman's bank , the proprie tor was a woman , and no ono but wo men could deposit. Mrs. Howe first started her bant about nine years ago , offering to pay the enormous amount of 8 per emit , per month on deposits , in terest being payable three months in ad- ua nCO On the strength of Ibis she soon had deposits amounting to $000,000. Her deceit was soon discovered and sue was sent to.the iiouse of correction for three years. Even during her ImprJsonmopl she was laying plans for re-embarkation in the banking business at the expiration of her time. Sure enough , on getting out of prison she ro-cstabllsned her bank and issued circulars which road as fol lows : Seven dollars Interest on ono hundred a mouth , three months In advance , Miu. HOWE , Agent. Hours , 0 to 4. Even the oxposc of 1873 was not a suffi cient warning , and many hard working women have been foolish enough to make deposits with the fair dccelvor. Mrs. Howe is nowhere to be found , and she is said to have taken $50,000 with hor. There will now probably bo as much ex citement in the United States colony in Canada , as there was in Mark Twain's mining camp when tlio minors flocked "in crowds to catch a glimpse of that rare and blessed spectacle a woman I" I wonder If you have heard of that sploy little bout between Messrs. Ulddlo and Fawcet and the Boston critics. Hero it is : Mr. Fawcet writes a play , "Tho Earl. " Mr. Ulddlo plays it. Boston critics say the whole thing is no good. Mr. Fawcot says "You're another. " Mr. lliddle says 1J03TON IU9 I1IQ FEET. That's the whole story , nnd Boston beIng - Ing n little bigger than the lllddlo-Fiiwcct combination , tbe latter will probably como out at the little end of the horn. At any rate it is a cold day when candidates for public favor shall dictate to a dis criminating public how their efforts shall be received. Mr. Ulddlo doolaros that bo will never appear in Boston again. Mr- thinks I hear a rumbling sound m thd direction of Beacon hill. Behold ! The gilded douio heaves and trembles , and I boar a mighty groan within which says "Amen I" # * * # * Wo are going to have some Interesting times before Boston catches up with some of our now western cities in the mutter of city passenger transportation ; Mod ern Boston wants to get around a little faster , and proposes to put tunnels under the common. Ancient Boston snyw "Don't ! It will spoil these fine old trees. " The question remains unsettled. FKANZ SEPEL. JOB DhACKDUKN SAID "RATS. " Why the Courtly Senator and the llnndaomo Widow Laughed. Letter in Chicago Herald : Ono of the handsomest women who haunt the capi tal is a tall and magnificently-formed widow , who is the agent of a prominent book concern. She has lustrous brown hair and splendid eyes , and many and many a member of congress has wilted under their expressive glances. She so licits subscriptions , and , it is understood , is the most successful of all the vast army of book agents who prey upon the com munity. If there is ono thing above another that will interest gallant Senator Blackburn it is a handsome woman. The widow by some means ascertained that the courtly Kentuckian was somewhat susceptible , and so went up to the senate chamber and sent in her card. Several of the senator's associates learned that "General Joe" fl was about to receive a call , and they made up their minds to play a practical joke at his expense. They enlisted the services of a messenger , and substituted for the widow's card one bearing the nnmo , "Mrs. Wratz. " Blackburn came out into the ante-room , and when' ho caught sight of the beautiful widow his face was wreathed iu smiles and bis breast swelled out like n pouter pigeon. Advancing in his most fascinating man ner , ho extended his hand and said with great cordiality : "I am very glad to meet you , Mrs. Wratis. " The widow's eyes snapped as she replied sharp * ly : "Senator Blackburn. I am astounded. I .came hero to sco you on a matter of business. You are the first member of congress who has over said 'rats' to mo. " The senator looked confused for n moment , and then ho drew out the card which the practi cal jokers hud prepared , and said : "I'm sure there must bo some mistake ; the name reads W-r-a-t-z. " The widow looked at the card and then they both laughed. A few moments later the widow put down the senator's name for two copies of her book. Then they shook hands and the widow wont to look for a fresh victim. A Growl Prom a Grumbler. OMAHA , April 20,1887. To the Editor of the BEE : As the DEE is the only re source of the oppressed of this booming , boastful and carelessly governed city , I take the liberty of drawing its attention to a device placed by the telephone com pany for the evident purpose of gouging out the eye of any unhappy , belated traveler who should pass it in the dark. The device I speak of is in the shape of a spike projecting from ono of the com pany's poles on Cuming near Saunders street. As I was passing the spot a few evenings ago , a citizen was trying to induce the intelligent ( ? ) policeman on that beat to have It removed , but the po liceman with the wisdom of a second Verges said : "No , the company , and tbo city also , for that matter , will bo respon sible , sol will let it bo. " Such damage would bo great consola tion to the poor fellow who may happen to have his eyes destroyed , and equally so to the taxpayers of the city when they will be compelled to go down into their pockets and pay out , perhaps , thousands of dollars by way of such damages to suit gougco. Yours Trustfully , A GlCUMBLEIt. I. O. O. P. There will uo a special mooting of Rutli Ilobokuh lodge Saturday evening , April 30. AH members are earnestly re quested to bo present. Business of Im portance. By order of the noble grand. SADIE . WHIOHT , Secretary. THE MAY CENTURY Contains one hundred illustrations , and is the first number of a new volume. Among its attractions are two papers of timely im portance on onPHAROAH. . The first by Edw L. Wil ton , author of "A Photo- Rraplxjr's Visit to Pctrn , " 'describes ' the romantic discovery of the Egyptian royal tomb. The second , by Prof. J. A. Paine , is a careful study of the char acters of the Oppressor , Kametes the Greatand bi ( daughter , the rescuer of Moses. It contains evidence that Kamet.es was an Assyrian * and offers strong proof that his own daughter became bis queen. Doth papers are profusely Illustraied from Egyptian sculptures and paintings and from photo graph ! ) of mummies. ABRAHAM LINCOLN : A HISTORY. By his private secretaries , Nicolay and Hay , with numerous illustration and per traits. Subtopics : "Civil War in Kansas , " "Jefferson Davis on Rebellion , " "The Form ation of the Republican Party , " and Lincoln's prominence therein. Omen CONTENTS Include" WlilUun Harp. 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