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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 4, 1887)
Tj ! ' ! ' ' THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY. MAY 4 , 1& * . ! i r THE .DAILY BEE PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. or SUBSCRIPTION : D tlr ( Mornlflfr Edition ) Including Sunday BBH , Onn Year . , . $10 0 for 81 * Months . . . . . . . 6 0 For Three Months . 25 Tim Omaha H ndajr flu , tntUlftl to onf address , One Year. . , . . . SO fWAttA orricr. No. 914 AND 9M FARKAM RTRIEI fctw YORK otrlct , HOOK ( A. ininiJNi mm.WNc WASBINUTUH OrriCE , NO. 5nFuUKTIKXTHSTRll comuuroNDCKC * : All commnnlcutiong relating to news anil cd torlal in fit tor nliould bo ttMrouod to the ED ton or TIU DBR. BOSIKtgg LlTTIMt All niirlneu letters and remittances should b MdreMod to TIIK Dig PUULISMINO COUI-AMI DklAHA. Drafti , chocks and poHotfito order to bo made payable to thoordtrof theeouipanj m BEE POBUSHliFciPJIlT , PROPRIETORS , E. RO3RVVATKU. KmTOit. THE DAILY Sworn Statement of Circulation. fitate of Nebraska , I 0 County ot Douglas. ) Hg H- Uoo. II , TzHchuck , secretory of The IJc Publishing company , doe < ) solemnly swea that the actual circulation ot Urn Dally He ( or tlio week ending April ' "J , 18S7 , was a follows : Shturdny , April 23 . 11,4- Hunday , April a . 14X ( Monday. April i" . 14 , ? Tuesday , April 90 . 14,11 \Vpdnosrtay.Anrll27 . 14.1C Thursday , April as . 14.1C Friday , April 2'J . 14,1 ( Averaco . 14.2. Ono. u. T/.SCIIUCK. Subscribed and sworn to before mo th Both day of April , 1S37. N. P. Fr.ir. . [ SEAL. ] Notary Public. Oco. li. TzAchuck , being first duly sworr do | osps and says that ho Is secretary of Tli lice Publishing company , that the aotm average dally circulation of the Daily Ik ( or the month of April , 1880 , 12.1 ! ) I cople < for May , 18aO , 12,4 : copies ; for June , 188 12.298 copies : for July , 1BSG , 12,814 copies for Auii ( t. Ib C , 12.4W copies : for Septen ber , 1880 , 13 , iO conlos ; for October , IBS 12 , H9 copies ; for November. 1880 , lii- : , : coples ; for December , 18SO. lii.si" copies ; fc January. 18S7 , 10,206 copies ; for Februar 1887 , 14,193 copies ; for March , ! Sd7 , 14,4 ( copies. OKO. IJ. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed and sworn to before mo this 151 day of April , A. D. , 1887. I SKA I. . | N. 1' . Fr.iL. Notary Public. THE "heelers" did not forget then : Belyes in the city election struggle. THAT Tenth street crossing continui the most dangerous man trap in tl counlry. TIIEHH.is is no law compelling registr : tion in Omaha , in state and county ele < tions. Here is confusion. THE question has been asked : Ha\ the railroad companies conspicuous ! posted a schedule of their freight rate : EDWAUD SOLOMON , the operatic con poser , has added wife No. 4 to his lis If he keeps on ho will equal Solomon ( ' old. THE Michigan oil inspector is haviti 'trouble with the oil men. In Nebrask ; the oil inspector has not yet been give an opportunity. THE tax-payers of the First district ai pleased to think that no extra judge wi be appointed. Official luxuries alwa ; corne high , and the tax-payer foots tl bill. BEATRICE , Nebraska City , PJatt month , Ilastfugs and Grand Island a each claiming the largest spring boor We are pleased to know that tin are all enjoying a hearty and pcrmane growth. Mu. ADAMS hns sworn before the i vcstlgating committee that his 1,5 miles of narrow gunge road constitute fraud. Yet l.COO miles of broad gaii ] road would not bo the fraud that M Adams is. THE early closing movement has be < started in many of thu eastern cities , ai very generally is mooting with no opi iition from employers. The innovatii \v as begun only a few years ago , but h aprcail rapidly and is growing Into a ci torn that will in time become universal THE uncommon course of Alexand Mitehull , in making b&quosts to bo Protestant and Roman Catholic instit tlons , is commended as a notowortl example of broad-minded liborality. M Mitchell's charity wai clearly not guider or restricted by religious prejudice , Charity too often is. TIIK development of natural gas is c tending westward. The largest well the world has just boon opened at Fa mount , Indiana , aud is llowiuti 13QOOC feet a day. This find would scum demonstrate that there is a rich torrito west of the Ohio fields that is not touch by Iho vast drainage of those Holds. WHEN Bishop , the great mind rcad < was in Omaha a gentleman r.oufldouthv tasked him : "What am I thinking of tbe present time ? " "You are thinki that the cow-shed called a union depot an unsightly structure' . And , " A Bishop continued , "Generations to flow f , low you will doubtless think the su tiling. " _ THE Now York H'orW will advert' Itself early in Juno by sending a ballo rfrom St. Louis to the Atlaulio. T World ISM onterprudug as the Oma BKE , which some years indulged in 'balloon excursion. Wo hope , howevi that the World's airship will come neai reaching its destination .than did that 'tho BRB. Instead of landing in t Black llills , the proposed terminus of t aerial llight , it .struck in a laku fa from Omaha. TIIK Chicago 2Vt'6t < ne polnls out tl Mr. C. P. Huntlnglon , in his tcstiuio before the Pacific roads cornmtsslc omitted some valuabls information , i failed to give any lucid account of h < the moneys advanced to Franch : Bhcrill aud other lobbyists were spout } "explanations , " Ho dealt only with . mall part of tha grand total. The let nd miscellaneous expenses since U Were hardly touched upon. The Trtlu , iopplles a tabular statement of the ; and the grand total for eleven ye : ilimounU to between nix and seven n lion dollars. Then ) were some other itereating and instructive fuels tliat t F wily Mr. iluntiugton overlooked , t which the committee will find neccssti I ito a.complcte Investigation and an i m- * nstivo report. Jt should call A iluntlnglon again , and meanwhile lo wall to solicit pomteri in ore quwlioulng tb t The Oltr Election. The republicans hare won a substantial victory in the city election. Partial re turns received up to midnight places be yond doubt the election of Hon. W. J. . Hroatch as mayor and Louis Berkix as pollco judge by majorities ranging from 150 to 400. The vote on treasurer so fai a ? returned indicate that Kir. Rusl has been elected by a small major ity. The vote on comptroller will be very close. The republicans , in nddltior to the thrco ilrst named officers , clcc seven and possibly eight out of the twelve now couucllnien. These , with the foui republican members now holding over give the republicans control of the cltj council by a good working majority. A Military Alttiso. From recent Washington correspond cncc It appears that the probable vanan cies in the grade of second lieutenan will not be sufliuient to accommodate al this year's graduates from the mllitar ; academy with full commissions ; tha some who are low down in scholarshii or deportment will have to be contcn with the grade of "acting" second lieu tenant until additional casualities glvi them the real grade. It must bo under stood , however , by anxious mama whoso charming daughter is to wed on of these newly te be Hedged soldiers , tha a "real" second lieutenant and an "act ng'1 second lieutenant receive the sum pay and emoluments. This .statement as to probable vacan clcs , coupled with the further in formation that a certain Captali Pease and others arc to b railroaded to the retired list t make additional places for these youiij graduates , suggests a doubt as to tin propriety of the existing methods of th war department in ordering retiremcn from the active list of the army. The object in passing the act for retir ing old , broken-down and invalid otlicor was not to provide places , with full rani for young graduates this is simply ai incident to the policy of these enact mcnts. The first or principal object wa the economy to result from reducing tin pay of such old otlicers , und.the second to eliminate so much "dead wood" am by so doing increase the efficiency of tin army in time of war. Prior to the passage of the retiremcn acts , placing such invalids on three fourths pay , no duty was required or expected pected from them , and yet they receivci the same pay as officers actively on duti in the face of the enemy in other word they were practically retired on full pay When such officers as Grant , Hancock Sheridan , Pope and others were assignc' ' ou their graduation as brevet seconi lloutcuauts and had to serve as sucl from two to five years before reaching the full grade and this with but half tin pay those young officers will receive a "acting" lieutenants we discover m hardship in so assigning them pendin , legitimate vacancies to which they can b assigned with the full grade. Clearly the whole policy of retirement for disability should not bo prostitute ! to the ono'eud of creating vacancies fo the annual crop of West Point eraduates Officers disabled or incapacitated shoul be retired on the safe basis of length c time such incapacity has existed thos longest off duty at full pay should bo re tired , and this , regardless of every othc consideration. Any other rule leads t favoritism and such favoritism is alway injurious to the service. The president should look into thi matter and correct the abuse. It h been growing in the army administrate for a number of years , and there ai now officers who have had through sue system of favor full pay for years will out doing any service. They should h the first to come down to threc-fourll pay , and not such officers as Capta ! Pease. We trust the president will sc that it is done. In the Matter or Miller. Some doubt has been expressed as I what action the secretary of luo iuteric will take regarding the contacting clain of Guilford Miller and the Northern Pi cific railroad , notwithstanding the vei plain intimation from the president i his generally commended letter of tl course ho dcsirod the interior dopar mont to pursue. Wo do not believe tl settler need give hhusuif any concern o this score. The secretary of the intern has been careful not to commit himsc as to the merits of the isue , and is thcr fore entirely free to act without dispa ngemen't to himself. Having the clear detined opinion nnd the authority of tl president to guide him , with the certain that the position taken by Iho oxecuti' ' is approved by nearly unanimous pu lie opinion , tha secretary of the i torior will develop a quality character which he is , not knovs to possess if ho shall decline lo folio the plain path marked out for him by tl president. It is not improbable th without the intervention of the presidoi the secretary of the interior would hai accepted as conclusive the opinion of tl attorney general , aud again ovorruh the land commissioner , but fortunate ! for Miller aud ail the sottlura wnos claims are like his , Mr. Cleveland's ir terest was attracted to the matter , an undoubtedly Ihc aclion of the interior cli parluiunt will bo in accord with h views. Nnxt after the president the ma who will derive glory from such actio is Commissioner Sparks. The importance of this mailer mu not bo estimated by the idea that thei is but ono individual interested in tl result. In only one county of Washin , ton territory there arc 9JO settlers who claims are similar to that Miller. How many more thorn are el.s where has not been ascertained. 'J nil of them , however , the position take by the president ig an assurance th their just claims will be regarded ai that they will bo protected in their log rights. Had this principle prevailed du ing the past twenty years what a recoi of corporate robbery and wrong won have been avoided. The history of tl outrage * practiced by the land giant ra roads upon settlers , only Ihe merest In niatiou& of which are to bo found in tl laud fllco reports , would make a rccit that would cause every American cilizc to blush for his counlry and ite boasti guardianship of the interests and wolf a of the people. Jn another respect the position of tl president U of very groat'importance , will probably lead lo tat revocation tha order b ; which the vast an called indemnity 'itnde wa withdraw from sottloruont and for iHtoor years has boon kept In that condition This land is estimated to contain mor < than 100,000,000 acres , a territory equa In extent to that of all the New Kuglum states , Now York , Now Jersey , Ponnsyl vnnia and Delaware. Nothing couk belter illustrate the great and corructlnj power of corporations at Wnshinglot than Iho fact that they have been abli for so many years , under Ihe authority o the government , lo exclude the pcopli from this vast domain which a most per melons policy had sot apart for their con vcnienco and prollt. The country is certainly to bo congrat ulatcd upon the promise that the end o this sort of practice In the interest of tin corporations is at hand. The presldun will unqucslionably not recede from hi position , and there nend bo no doubt tha the secretary of the interior will carr ; into cllect its requirements. The April Treasury Statement. The treasury statement for the montl of April presents a satisfactory showing The reduction of the public debl reache < the large figures of over $13,000,000 bringing the total for the ten months o the present fiscal year up to fat.OOO.OOC or $10,000,000 more than for the correa pending period of the preceding lisea year. All that the treasury can yet di In the remaining two months of the fisca year for reducing the bonded public deb is to call in tlio balance of the 8 pe cents , auiotinling to $19,000,000 , but thi it is pretty well understood the secrotar ; will not do. His idea is said to bo not t reserve those bonds for the sinking fum requirements of the next fiscal year , bu to withhold them for the futur exigencies of tno money market. II does not wish to force out the mono ; when there Is no pressing need for it , an ! thereby exhaust his resources when th demand for more money comes. It is : policy of saving the powder until th fight begins. In the improbable event o a severely stringent money market be fore July , it is not doubted that the trcas ury would come lo the assistance of th market with a call for bonds. Hut ther is certainly no present urgency , am there are no indications that there i likely to bo before the fall trade move mcnt begins. It is obviously a judiciou policy of the treasury , therefore , not t unnecessarily augment the supply of cur rency at this time , when to do so couli be of no advantage to the logitimat business of the country , and might serv only to stimulale speculation. The fac that the treasury is holding $19,000,000 n reserve for a possible exigency will of it self be a source of confidence to the busi uoss of the country. The statement Hoes not show clearl to what extent the currency was afleclei by the treasury operatives of the nortli but there was apparently an increase o the amount of circulation. It is an ir teresting fact not generally understoo that over $75,000,000 in various kinds c money , but chiefly gold , has been adrtd to the currency in actual use by the pec plo during the past ten months. No sir gle fact could more strikingly show th increased activity within that time in th industry and Irado of the country. It i apprehended that the treasury may i : the next six months absorb an nrnoun nearly equal to this , in excess of its disbursements bursemonts , in which event the monetar stringency might become serious , and is upon this possibility that an extra sci sion of congress has been urged for th purpose of dealing with the surplus. Tli power of the treasury to furnish rclii will be in redemption of the n mainiug 3 per cent bonds nn the purchase for the sinking fund < four or four and a half per cent bomli which it may do to the extent of $10 000,000. The customs receipts of th treasury for Iho ton months of the pro , ent fiscal year were $20,000,000 in oxcci of those for the corresponding period < the last fiscal year , showing a consider : ! bio increase in the volume of imports tions , which for this year , taking rolativ values into account , promises to cqua and perhaps exceed , the exception ! years of 1883 and 1833. THE mission of Sir Edward Thornto to this country , evidently in the interes of the British holders of \ irginia bond is being made a matter of general publ ! interest. Mr. Thornton is receiving good deal of social attention in Virginii but there is some uncertainty us to tl feeling regarding his mission Ho hi not yet disclosed the nature of the d mand ho is authorized to make , or whi plan of procedure for the collection i tno debt is proposed. It is certain tin Virginia is not in u position to pay tl debt. She cannot even keep up the ii terest. But Thornton may have a schcu : that will put the matter in a satisfactoi situation ( or future payment , to the a < vantage of both parties. It is intimate that If ho fails to accomplish anytlun with Virgiaia , the British govornmci will demand that the United States go ernment assume the portion of the del held by IJntish capitalists. This is e : tremely improbable , but it gives the top a special interest. Of course no such d mand would bo considered for a momoi by this government. Mn. KEELV , of motor fame , is again ii vitlng public attention , and m a qni novel way that will certainly coiumcr him to a great many people. Ho hi published a card m which ho requests a persons having claims against him I present them for settlement within thin days. The inference Is that the invenK has brought his labors to a satisfnctor conclusion , and lhat interesting devolo ] mcut * concerning the celebrated mote are likely to bo forlhcomlng. It is r mombcrud that Keely made quito a BU oessful exhibition of his newest mot < last July , but there were ono or two d feels that required to Lo remedied , an for some time ho has been assiduous prosecuting experiments. The suppo ; lion is-lhat he has achieved success ar is ready to come forlh again. As a pe haps necessary preliminary to this , 1 proposes to setllo all claims against hit : llo may thereby nt least secure a consl erably constituency who will not bolioi him to be altogether a crank. KINGS AND QUKENH. The Empress of Germany has confem Ihe Cross of Ihe Order of Louise on Ihn lady presidents of the Augusta , the Calhol aud Jewish asylums. The cm of Kussla has been advised by h lotlmaiei to buy a ranch in Texas and b come a cowboy , it is a queslloa whether I would be entirely k fa even there. There I * aot the 'lgble ' tttaadatlonf < the report of a tnarria zo between Princes : Victoria of Wales and Prlnc-i Eugene o : Sweden , the youngest ot the four sons eKing King Oscar. The emperor of Germany received l.CS telegrams ot conerifrlalon on the occasioi of his last blrtilny4-li ! ( ( & ) from Europe , S from Asia , 03 fromjLA.uwrlca , 10 from Afrlci and C from Australia ; a Her Imperial Majysly the Queen ot Eng Innd never travels without taking her bci alone with her. It lij nn excellent Ido ; which royally has uoublless borrowed froii some royal and Imperial snalL Kin ? Leopold rms had four children , on son and liirco daiudilris. The Princes Louise was married fo "the duke of Saxc-Uc bourir , PriiicossSleplianlelo Prince Hodolul of Austria , and Princess Clementine , unuiai rlcd. The queen of Denmark will visit her daugli tor , the Princess of Wales , at Marlborong ! House In June. She nmy take old Den mar along If ho behaves himself , but he's a torrl bio old bore when ho begins to recllo "Han let" In English. The llusslan envmess Is ono of the mos active of women. She ilscs early anil ROCS t bed late , walks n great deal , rends enoi mously , is passionately fond of dancing aui dress , and still Units tune for works of chat ity , which she generously patronizes. King M'waoga ot Africa would be a note ble accession to the society of Utah , lie i eighteen years old , and at last advices wa credited with the possession of 1,000 wives A family jar in his Household would bo very lively domestic earthquake. The king of Saxony , who Is to arrive n Ems aoout the middle of next month for course of the waters , Is going to England fo the jubilee colfbrntlon , and will be the sues of the queen at Buckingham palace. Kin Frederick will remain In London only for few days. The empress of ( icrmany has chosen a ver beautiful jubilee present tor Queen Victoria it consists of n mainltirunt ; dinner service o roval Saxe porcelain. Tlio Hut Is a soft jon qull yellow. The whole service consists o 500 pieces liSS bltr plates , 130 small ones. 7 dishes , 20 sauce boats , compotiurs , etc. Th cenlrepiece consists , ot a beautllul llower aiv trult basket , surmounted by a blue nnd gel < statuet of Iho queen ; the basket Is turtlic ornamented wilh n number of small medal lion iioi traits of the various members ot th roynl lumily. Wide of Ita Alnrk. riiihtdelnhta Itecot-d. The lliuniierbolt with which that Jttplte of journalism , UIR London Thundercrsoujli to traiiHtix Pamcll zin-zacged wide of It mark. It stems to have been tin-pan thmulei and the accompanying electricity a fals Hash. A Splendid Advertisement. St. Ltiuit O lobe-Democrat. The city of St. Joseph justly boasts of th fact thnt It has a surplus of over 840,000 1 Its treasury. Such an advertisement ot mun clpal economy and efficiency Is worth mor to a city than anything else that could b presented for the purpose of altractintr inve ! lors and promoting ' % boom'-ln Ihe value o property and Iho volume of business. Caplls goes where good government Is found , nn llioso cities nre always rrrest likely to thrlv which insist upon a carefJl and honest mar ogement of their financial , affairs. Where Do I nelong ? Ella metier Wileot. As I look In the face that bends above , bo passionate andtenUora ; stranuo though Blends with the hopeless yearning of m love A twofold wish winch comes to me tin sought. I wish that I were better lhat , nil good , I might shriuk from , tliejtiiouglit of losin Who are not mine to , love vea , tljnt 1 coul Spurn liauKhtlly tmi heart which Is not frc < * * But slnco I cannot , dear , since all earlh' bliss I stlli 'find thy love , why , I deplore My two ure.it goodnesses , which grants the But holds Itself tno high to grant the more. Slnco I have found I cannot be all atrengtl All weakness then J would bo It 1 mlght- Nor caring for Iho world's loss if nt lenuth 1 gained the greater boon of love's dullgh So , sinful , I refuse to let thee go , But claim luce as my fond heart's chei Ishedono So , good , I guard my soul's unsullied snow As saciedly as any cloistered nun. o , wenk , I yield my lips for Ihlno to feast , And look the love 1 ought to hide iroi view So. strong , Iain not tempted In the least To prove that love as many women do. Not good enouzh to do exaclly right- Not bad enough to consummate a wrong- Alas , ! dear love , mine Is tha saddest plight- With saints or sinners , where do I belont STATK ANO XKHIUfOKY. Nobraaka Jottings. Fremont takes the bolt line an reaches for Omaha's brindle top-knot. The Clarkson Enterprise by W. 1 Verily , is the latest attempt to "fill long felt want. " E\ving is putting In some town pump for tire purposes nnd to furnish water fc reducing the swelling in the heads of he old bums. The Daily News has boon raised fror the pi-box of the Norfolk Gnzetti Messrs. Norton , Sprcoher & Hell arc th publishers. Albert Murray , a yourg man nen Ewing in Holt county was thrown froi it horse onto a fence post , cutting ono c his ears entirely off. "For a thoroughbred hummer Omul ) captures the biscuit and rcacl fc the tray , " says A. A. Judges , of Ucai wood , in the Pioneer. Mr. E. L. Call has built a largo ( is pond on his farm near Rising City. Th pond covers an aero of ground and wi hold twelve feet of water. Ho proposi to stock ii wilh various kinds of tish. Elkhorn Valley railroad officials wor at Long Pine a few days ago nnd with ! a day or so afterwards a gang of su voyors put in an appearance aud bega selling grndu stakes north to the Ihtkot lino. * } Last Saturday a fourlg man name Richardson stole three -horses , a set i harness and a saddle from the barn of Hartney , in Hubbard. "An armed an mounted party sot out in pursuit , and s 0 o'clock Saturday night , returned wit the thief and the booty. Richardson wr taken to Dakota CityWiT put in jail. Wyoming. Douglas has decldo4 to bore into th earth to determine UB Ingredients. The Burlington company hns alread Inveslcd $175,000 in real oslate in an about Cheyenne.c * The death of Mrs. 'Ferguson from pfetol wound has caused much feeling I Larnmio. It appears that Rbo had quarrel with her husband. Both hn pistols and the mystery is , who fired th shot ? Just before death Mrs. F. declare that her husband did not shoot her an denied having fired the shot herself. The shortest courtship and qulckci marriage on record has Just taken plat at Green Hivor City. Wednesday ovei ing Frank Tracy went into the U. P. rei taurant for supper , where ho was tatu ted by ono of the waitresses with being bachelor. Ho ut once proposed , an within thirty minutes Miss Hannah Wi son and Mr. Frank Tracy were man an wife. This cfcourrcd on the bridegroom' ' birthday. The prospects at the oil camp west < Douglas are brightening up , althougl but fittlo work has yet been dono. Th Standard company on Monday , at depth of. 300 feet , strucx a How of tire o fix barrel * per day of tat Terr tine ; quality of oil , and In which they will sloj nnd pump , for a | time at least , Thi Northwesurn company wont throng ! this same strata at ' . ' 30 feet , but nt then well the strala was light. This lion which Iho Standard now has , will , at the prcsont prices of the oil In the Hills , no them something 4lko $150 per day , and ii will not bo a diilicult matter to sink mon of the same wells , Color ado , The now Jesuit college at Colorndt Spring will cost $35.000 and bo the mos imposing college building in the west. If all the farmers In eastern Coloradc who have planted this year raise a crop the value of the state's product will bi incrcastd 35 per cent over last year. Ranchmen in Middle Park are all In r prosperous condition , especially tlu stockmen. They have fed but little thi : season , and those who have fed beef cat tie will realize more profit than they ovei did beforo. The slock catllo of the park have been the range for six weeks 01 more. Ueal estate transfers In Denver las' week reached $1,480,961.05 , Ihe largest in the hlslorv of the Cherry Crock settle racnt , while the figure for the month oi April is $4.001,118.35. For the foui months ending Saturday the total o : transfers Is $1 005,508.83 , as against $10 , 894.8S3.91 during all of 1830. BILL NYE'S BLASTED PASS. The War Between the Presfl nnd the Hallways Buying Lois. HUDSON , Wis. . April 4. I arrived hen last week just a little ahead of the bitmt blasts of the I. C. U. By the I. C. B. J moan to imply the intor-stnto commis sion bill. I noticed while en route that tlio now law had stimulated travel to n wonder ful degree. Ou iny way from the south whore I was during the winter , 1 noticed hat the sluggish arleries of trade had til ready begun to palpitate and crowds ol people filled the ears on every train. I said to myself , congress has at lasl solved this great question of financial stringency and broken the great daiu that held capital captive. On the Pied mont Air line , people crushed each ollici together in a rand attempt to travel. Or the Richmond & Danville , nnd E. T. V. & G. as well as the L. & N. . humanity crowded day coaches and sleepers till the walls cracked. At Cincinnati I could not get n sleeping-car at all , and 1 had tc telegraph twenty-four hours ahead to get one from Chicago. Everywhere ; as far as the eye could reach , tiioro seemed to bo a wild and restless desire to gel somewhere else. Several companies have to put on extra coaches to carry the eager tourisls. I arrived hero just in time to witness the last momenlsof a northwestern pass as its spirit took its llight. Had I postponed any journey for a single day I would have been too late. It was still young. Life was before it , Barely a quarter of the span of its lite had been passed when it curled UP and ox- pired. It was a cule liltlc thing with an olive complexion and largo mournful , upper-case eyes. A few weeks ago I noticed that it did not look well. It did not complain ol illness or pain , but I thought I detected a conditon on its back , and so I hurried homo in order lo bo here in case it should cxnirc. As soon as the conductor looked al it and felt its pulse ho said ho could do nothing for it. The inter-stato com merce law is one of those things that will have to bo tried before we can.pass upon it , I presume , though some claim it is going to bo very difficult to pass upon il even then. This thought occurred to me just after the gale-Keeper pushed me back ycsterdny ami told me to go and gel my ticket. I then realized what it was to bo rudclj ground under the heel of a cold corpora' ion that is devoid of heart , devoid oi enl , devoid of noble thoughts , devoid of refined instincts < lo void of kind impulses , devoid of milk of human kindness , devoid ol bowels of compassion. From force of habit I walked up to the gate with a joyous nod and the old piiss word , only to bo coldlv repulsed by the hired bouncer of this heartless , soulless , impulscless , milkless and bowollcss cor poration. But the railroads will get the worst of it , for 1 know that travel on some of the lines has fuller oil'since April 1. I can sco it already. 1 have fallen off mysoll since the first of the month , and others will do the same. That is not all. A friend of mine whc runs u paper , aud whoso pass got the hollow horn on Friday last , says that his columns are now open to those who wish to complain of the management of thi ; road. He states that the lirst hot box will bo duly chronicled , nnd that ho will no longer close his eyes to Iho wrongs wo have hereloforc suffered at the handf of this unjust and ruthless vampire , thai has been sapping the very foundation ol our institutions and smearing its long , dark trail with the remains of our besl milch cows , reluctantly paying for them the pi ice set at the tail of an unjust aud nnervating trial by a corrupt , venal and drivelling jury. He says that ' 'the time has como foi the press to arise and assert itself , " and when the train runs oil' Iho track and kills a lot of people who has led oxem piary lives , his paper will hereafter toll why and how it was done. Heretofore ho has not had sufficient help in the of rice , ho claims , and ha frequently rai : short of type , but now he is going tc give all tno particulars of the smash-ui that occurs on the road if the paper falls into the relentless maw of a sheriff's sak ou the following week. I asked a railroad official of St. Puu ycslerday what efl'ect the now law woult nave on the freight rates in the north west , and ho said he thought that the ] would not bo much higher than tho\ were before. This announcement wif fall like healing balm on tlio sore plact whore the shipper's annual pass wa ! ruthlessly torn from his bleeding heart lust week. The real estate boom along the shore : of Lake Superior still continues. It ii equal to the palmy dnys of mining spccu lition in the far west. The boom , it fact , extends from Ashland and \ \ ash burn , West Superior and Duluth , St Paul , Omaha and Kansas City to E Paso. I consider it a good time to sell nnd shall dispose of my Lake Superio : properly by wire to-morrow. I do every thing I can by wire now. Last year generally went in person and transactei mv business. Three years ago , however , I bought : block by wire in a Dakota town , intend ing to cell as soon us 1 could double m : money on it , but the agent failed to sol until 1 got irritated and wrote him : snort , crisp letter , asking him , in scath ing terms , why ho did not dispose of tin lots and remit. Ho replied that ho had tried to do as 1 instructed him , but had boon unable K sell them ut any price , although the towt itself was growing. Ho wuid lhat tin town was growing in the other direction mostly , and lols generally sold boiler ii the direction of the growth of the town "By and by , " said ho , "tho town wil reach the Minnesota stulo line , nnd tliei it will have to grow the other way. Yom lots will then rapidly advance. Tin worst trouble wilh your lols , however , ' continued the agent , "is the fact that ir the spring , when real ostnto is booming your property is under seven foot o ; water , and fhis water is so strongly im prcgnatcd with mud that buyers cannot look through it to got a good view of youi lots. " I finally mortgaged the property a ! heavily as possible , nnd continued to lost it on the mortgage. I do not think ] hnvo ever seen u bctlcr piece of property to float a first mortgage on than thii same property referred to. BILL NYE. WRONGLY WINNING WEALTH The Arreati Trial and Conviction of Tbre Aesthetic Forgers. THE BANK OF ENGLAND DUPED Operation of MaoDonncIl nnd th Bldwotls A Half Million iliutl- Doatli of MaoDonnoll Ko- oovcry of the Money. Tlio death of Gcorgo MncDonnell ii the Pontonvlllo penitentiary , England , a nnnouncod by cable the other day , says i correspondent of the Cincinnati En qulrqr , will probably remind some rend crs of the great forgeries perpolratoi upon the Bank of England just fourtcci ycnrs ago. For the audacity of Us cot ception , the magnitude of the fraud perpetrated potrated and the misdirected skill am Ingenuity with which it was attempted t < bo carried out , this great crime stand ; without parallel in criminal history. In the spring of 1873 , three Americans George Bidwoll , his brother , Austin Hid well , and George MaoDonncIl , arrived It London for the purpose of engaging in seine siilioiuo of fraud , but of what precise ciso nature they had not yet determined MacDonncll had already served sonu time in the New Jersey penitentiary whence ho had been pardoned throng ! the influence of some powerful relatives AU were comparatively young , Austin Bidwell and MacDonnoll being not yel thirty , and George Bidwell thirty-three years of ago. They were all well cdn cated , each speaking several languages , of good appearance and dress , and the } had between $35,000 and 1-10,000 in cash , They took lodgmirs in one of the London suburbs under assumed name ? . Tin lirst object wag to obtain some standing in one of the branch banks of the Bank of England , nnd this they linally sue ccedcd in doing through a tailor with whom they had dealt liberally , and who introduced Austin Bidwell , who went by the name of Frederick Albert Warren , to the manager of the Western branch of the bank of England. Tins was in April , 1873. Lirgo sums were deposited from time to time , and drawn out in a regular way , during which they studied and be came familiar with the course of business in London. The confederates now had a deposit ac count and a signature which the bank would treat with a certain amount of ro- spcct. Tins was the thin end of the wedge , but much was to bo done before they could drive it homo. In the course of their dealings In stocks and bonds dur ing thesummer and full they discovered that in presenting an accepted bill of ex change to bo discounted at the bank the bill was not sent to the acceptor to bo O. K.cd , as is the universal custom in Amer ica. The bank there simply waits until the bill is duo and then presents it for pavmcnt. Here , then , was an opening , and they proceeded to put in operation their scheme of fraud. During the months of September and October they passed some time in the largo cities of the continent , particularly at Amsterdam.to make them selves thoroughly acquainted with the standing of various commercial houses. This done , they wore ready for opera tions. As the lirst move , Austin Bidwell called at the bank and gave the manager some Portuguese stock to sell for him , amounting to several thousand pounds , nnd informed him that ho was nbout to introduce an improved railway brake , and to establish a manu factory at Birmingham for Pullman's sleeping cars , which were to prove a wonderful success. Ho also said that he would have occasion , probably , to have bills discounted from time to time. His manners impressed the manager very favorably. The confederates next pro cured , by purchase , genuine bills of ex change on various largo houses , among others one for 4,500 drawn by the Roths childs on their London house. These bills had various dates , and ran for three months. They served two purposes. They wore paki into Warren's account at the bunk , and they were models for the intended forgeries. Those bills wore discounted along through the months of December , 1873 , and January , 1873 , by Bidwell , under the name of F. A. Warren - ron , but the bunk's confidence was not completely gained until the 17th of Jan uary , when "Mr. F. A. Warren" called throw down the Upthchilds' bill with somewhat of a flourish and said to the manager , "There , I suppose that is good onougli for you ? " This was his trump card and the game was now in the hands of the confederate. The confidence of the bank had been completely gained aud a few days afterward the torgcrs commenced business. Mr. Warren now informed the manager that his business was so rapidly increas ing in Birmingham that his time would be fully occupied there ; that henceforth he would bo obliged to remit him bills for discount through the mails. This plan being agreed upon , Austin Bidwell disappears from England and retires to Cuba. Meanwhile ho had married an English lady of good family , wiio accom panied him. He hud established a bank account and n respectable business signa ture , and had secured the confidence ) of the bank. The remaining operations were to bo carried on by his partners. When the explosion should come ho waste to bo long enough out of the country and far enough away to defy detection. To enable the others to escape also , a fourth person , Edward Noyes Hill , was sum moned by cable from New York to join George Bidwell and MacDonell in Lon don. As he , too , would obviously bo im plicated in the crime as soon as it be came known , hu took the precaution of advertising for a place as olerk under the name of Edwin Noyes. making some ostentatious display of his action In the matter so that it would appear thai ho was onlv an innocent employe. MacDonell , under the name of Charles J. llorton , duly employed him. The confederates had also secured an account at the Con tinental bank of London under the name of C. J. Horton , and it bceamo Noyes' duty to deposit the proceeds obtained from drafts or bills discounted by the western branch of the Bunk of England to the Continental bank , or to get them changed into gold at the Bank of Eng land. Bank of England notes can no readily traced by their numbers , BO the lirst thing this confederates did when re ceiving such notes was to have them ex changed at once into gold , and then , later exchange the gold for the notes. Goergo Bldwoll and MacDonnell now proceeded to transmit in quick succes sion from Birmingham , under cover of loiters purposting to be written by F. A. Warran , the forged bills they hud ; pro- nared , aud by the end of the month of February forgeries to the amount of il02'J10'woro actually discounted at the banic. The money was duly transferred to Horton's account at the Continental after lirst being changed into gold and ruchanged inlo other notes , as we have explained , for the purpose of obliterating all traces of llio transaction. The pro ceeds were then invested in American securities , and largo sums were sent to New York , Success boomed complete , and the daring forgers had bccured with apparent saft-ty $500,000. There is good reason to believe that the lust baton of drafts the bank received was tlin last the forgers Intended to send. It arrived on the 27th of February. The first of the forged acceptances was not due until the 81st of March. During the montn that intervened there would bo time to make tjjeir escape and icoksomo other place where they would to naft from the pursuit of the English detec tives , when , suddenly , through ono ol those oversights by which the moat deeply laid schomcs are brought to naught , the whole crime was exposed. Two bills for JL'l.OUO each were payable three months after sight. On these the forger had omlltcd to put the date of acceptance. Supposing this was a niero accidentthey were sent to the acceptor's ollico by the bank to have the slight error rectified. The forgery was at once discovered and the wlmlo scheme collcpsed. Kvcrv bill which "Mr. F. A. Warren" had sent alter the 17th of January was , wilh one u.\cep- lion , iorged , and that onn hud been fraudulently altered from 35 to 3,600 , , and upon this mass of worthless paper the bank of England had advanced over 100,000. At once the whole power of the Eng lish detocliyo system was put in opera tion , and Iho convicts traced. Noycs wm the first arrested , not being able to got out of London before the dectlvos found him , George Bidwell was arrested in Edinburgh , McDonnell was arrested in New York aud Austin Bid well was trac ed to Cuba nnd arrested in Havana , whence he was taken back to London. All four were placed on trial In the cen tral criminal coutt before Judge Archi bald. The trial lasted n week , and. al- Ihough the forgers had covered tiwlr tracks with consummate skill , tlio whole crime was completely proved. The jury found them guilty after nn absence of scarce half an hour. Strong pleas had been made for Austin , Bald- well and Noyes for leniency. Iho judge at once passed sentence , llo said hu was unable lo conceive a worse cose than had been made against all the prisoners , lie , therefore , felt it his duty to order each of them to be kept in penal servitude for V life , and that they should pay one-fourth / of the expenses of the prosecution. As the words came solemnly from the judge's lip a low , indescribable murmur ran through the court-room. It was not astonishment , not protest , not approval , lint rather an expression of pervading awe. The four men literally shrank as they heard U. Thou , strongly guarded , they were conveyed to their living tomb. Iho bank succeeded in recovering nearly all the money. How Ho Helped NobrasKR. lltulivtlle ( AVb. ) Sun. Wo must all give duo credit to General Bnsbin for the inlcrcst ho always dis played in Nabraska's welfare nnd for the many good deeds he has accomplished in her behalf. The general is nn indo- faligablo worker in any cause ho es pouses and he never fails to display a great deal of ingenuity in bringing about desired results. A good example of this is found in the modus operand ! adopted by him when soliciting aid in the cast for Nebraska grasshopper sufferers. Upon arriving in Now York city ho found that two United States senators had been wo rking there for several weeks in the same cause , but had succeeded in raising only about fl.GOO. This didn't look very encouraging , but , being a newspaper man , the general under stood perfectly the ( tower of the press , and proceeded to work that valuable agent to the extent of its fullest capacity. Ho went at once to the oilioe of the Now York Herald and lold so well the story of Nebraska suffering to James Gordon Bennett that the great newspaper man' * sympathies and energies were all on ; listed in the general's cause , nnd that cause was made a special feature of the next day's Herald. Then everybody was interested in aud talked about it and the subscriptions for relief rolled in volun tarily , anil nearly $ 40,000 was raised in ten any * ' timeand nil tnrougn one man's power of causing other people to see things as ho sees them. ( V Growth of American Cities. * Iron Age : Engineer Herring , of Chi- sago , bus prepared a diagram showing the comparative crowth of American cities , and of Chicago in particular. II represents by curves the population since 171K ) , and makes up the figures of the re spective municipalities by Including ad jacent towns and natural suburbs , which is the only method , in his opinion , by which the true growtli of the grout cen ters can be computed. The Now York oonlor meludoH Brooklyn , Jersey City , Uobokou , Newark and ether suburbs , mil Chicago , the territory from Hyde nark to Evanslon. The diagram shows Hint the churnctcr of growth of the differ ent cities permit them lo bo divided inlo two distinct classes. Philadelphia , Bos ton , St. Louis and Cincinnati all show very much the same character of increase , nnd represent by comparison the more conservative communities. Now York and Chicago , on the other hand , show not only a remarkable rcsemblanco to sack ether as compared with the ether cities , but form quite n contrast to thorn , and might bo called the more pro- pressed communities. The diagram linally indicates the tune when the curve , which was the lowest ono prior to 1804 , intersected in lurn those of St. Louis , Cincinnati , lioston , and that there is a high degree of probability of its intersect ing the Philadelphia curve in or before 181)1. ) The following table will give an idea of the growth , starting with Chi cago's earliest duv : > War New York , Philadelphia , Chicago. , IblJO 2'i8,7Ua IS .7117 45 J 1810 3'JVM ' 'J61.41W 4,470 ISBO 7G0.720 4aPiS : ! 33,401 IWW 1,333,711 fcW.773 133,733 IS70 . . . .1,7GO,1 3 700,811 JU1.460 lb ! < 0 2,803,580 891,913 G73.550 The statistics aro. brought down only to 1830 , the date of the last national cen sus. Germans in East Africa. London Times' : According to Dr. Carl Peters , who heads the expedition about to start from Berlin , the possessions of the Gorman East African company in * clude.s mi area of 20,000 Gorman , that ig rather more lhan COO.OOO English , square miles , equal to an aggregate of Franca and the two empires ot central Europe. Ten nourishing stations have already been established , and others are in course of formation , in thin vast territory. The preponderance of evidence , ho says , goes to proyu that it contains extensive dis tricts among the high plateaus whore the white man can live and labor us an agri culturist and cattle breeder. Hut in the hot low-lyini ; plains the problem of how to find working hands has yet to bo solved. Dr. Peters is sanguine enough to enter- lain hopes lhat the. negroes will bo grad ually induced eilhor to till their own lands or to work for their now master ! when they sco that they are secure Against pillage on the part of their neigh bors and the extortions of the pntty chiefs. Count 1'feil , also a competent authority on the subject and who is al ready on the spot , Ihinkson tlio contrary that Iho black man of those parts if ) such an invctcrnle idler lhat ho will mnko no effort at willed habils or steady industry except under compulsion. Ho therefore proposes , in the interests of the colony , to secure the oo-oporutloii of Urn warlike kinglulH of the counlry as overseers ol lorcnd labor. Dr. fjchwotnfurth , another expert on the question , holds up to the admiration of hia countrymen the example of the lioors in South Africa nnd recomrnonda following in their footsteps. Pueblo and Jay Gould have formed a mutual admiration society. The wall- niyod man of destiny bailed a Missouri ruelfio hook for tlio residents. They swal lowed tha barb as grcodlly as bullheads , and appear to enjoy it. Complexion Powder is nn absolute necessity ot the refined toilet in this cli mate. Pozzoni'a combines every element ol befcuty and parity.