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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.
