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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY. MAY 24 , 1887. THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. jDnllj- ( Mom l.i ir Edition ) including Uunday Ilrr. , Ono Voar . $10 OS For Six Months . fi CO Tor Throe Months . . . . . . KM IliO Omalm Hun.luy Utr , ranllo-J to onr uddross , Olio Year. . , . SCO OMAHA omnt. No. OTl AND MR FAnvA "Witter. New vnnx omcr. itonu . TKIHIINC nriuiivi. WA UI < < UTO.V OlrlCE , NO.SUfUUItTECXTUStHEET. All communlcntiona rolntlim to norrs nnd edl- torlul matter should bo tuMruised to tbo Eut- ion or IUK llr.F. BUSINESS LKTTi : list < All tmdnoM lotteri and romlttanoos itiould be vldrcMocl to Tuc lite I'lmusiliso COMHAVT , OMUIA , Drilfts , check * and po'tofflvo orders to bo made payable to the ordtr of the eompuny , IK BEE POBLISBIlTcSpAIl , PflOPHIEIOflS , E. UOSKWATEU. Kr > rron. THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement or Circulation. Btato of Nebraska. 1 County of Douvlas. JH < " ' ( Ico. U. T7sclutcic , secretary of The nco 1'ubltshliiK company , does solemnly swear that the actual circulation of tlio Dally Uee for tlio week ending May SO , ISM , \\as as follows : Haturdav. flMixy 14 14,800 Huntlay'May is 14.000 Monday. May 10 14.7.W Tuesday , M.iv 17 14.100 Wednesday , May 18 11,100 Tmirudav. May 10 14,100 JTrlday , May 20 14,100 Averaitc 11.203 OKO. 11. TZSCIIUOK. Subscribed and sworn to before mo this 21st day of May , 17. N. P. Fnr , , fSKAIj. ] Notary Public. Oeo. U. Trschuck , bclnc first duly sworn , deposes and says that bo Is secretary ot The Ueo Publishing company , Uiat the nctual average dally circulation of the Dally Bee for tlio month of Mnylbt > 0,12,409 conies ; for June , IttSO , 12.208 copies ; for J uly , 1880,13,314 copies ; for August IHSfl , 12,1W conies : for Septem ber , 1830. 13,030 conies ; for October , 1880 , 12.HH9 copln ; for November. 1880 , 13.H43 copies ; for December , 18bO. 13,237 copies ; for January. 1867. 10,200 copies ; for February. 1887 , 14.103 copies ; for March , 1887 , 14,400 copies ; for April , 1887,14,310 conies. OKO. B. TZSCIIUCK. Subscribed and sworn to before me this Ttb day of May , A. D. , lb87. ISEAL.1 N. P. Fr.lt , Notary Public. TuiiouoiiouT Nebraska active propara- lions are in progress for the observance of Decoration duy. THE St. Haul Globe favors the return of the whipping post. It probably has its eyes on some man who called to whip the editor. MINNEAPOLIS policemen are engaged in closing the gambling houses. The Fourth of July will give Omaha police- mem an equal chance. WHEN Hob Lincoln sees his name men tioned in connection with the presidency ho grows angry and throws the paper down. And when other people see it they do the same thing. PUESIDKNT CLKVULA.ND , wife , mother ln-law nnd Colonel LamoutThursduy will Jcavu Washington for Saranao lake , Now ITork , whore they will fish for n week or ton days. Mr. Cleveland will want to fish for suckers in ' 88. A WIIITEK in the Popular Science Monthly claims that nature , and not tlio railroads discriminates against inland towns. In the creation of the contribu tor to that journal , nature was not .lav ish , and certainly gave him a short haul of brains. Mo UK than hnlf of the iron and steel produced in the United States since 1803 lias been used in the construction and equipment of railroads. And more than pno half of the stealing that baa been tfono since that time has occurred among the railroads. IT has been discovered that Indian traders in the Indian territory have for gotten that injunction written of old , "Thou shalt not steal , " and accordingly have robbed the government and caused many a good Indian to go on half ra tions. Investigators sometimes investi gate. _ _ _ _ _ . THE Presbyterians will remain in Omaha A week yet. Every day each visitor becomes more impressed with Omaha and while combining business With pleasure wo wish to remark that this assembly will bo worth considerable to our city. The praises from thcie many strangers upon their return to the east , Kill bo unsolicited , and * all they eay of Omaha will bo true. TUB San Francisco Call , in a column of pretty sentences , seconds the New York Sun's nomination of William Toll Coleman - man , of San Francisco , ( or president. It pictures William Tell a greater and grander man than the freedom ahriokcr of Switzerland , and among his accomplish ments showa him to bo just the man for the position. The Call insists that it must take more than moonlight romance to lift Americans into prominence. IN the latest news from Washington on the subject of natural gas , wo road : "In general , it may bo said that natural gas Is found in varying quantities all through the territory from the Hudson river , on the east , to California , on the west. In Wow York , Pennsylvania , West Virginia , Ohio , Kentucky , Tennessee , Alabama , Louisiana , Indiana , Illinois , Missouri , Iowa , Wisconsin , Kansas , Colorado , Da kota , Utah , Wyoming and California its existence is reported. " It would cer tainly bo in order for some booming Nebraska town to subscribe two or three thousand dollars and prospect for the Valuable product. Other states have ought and found. Why not Nebraska ? IF the farmers who have paid 17 and | 8 per ton for an Interior quality of coal t Long Piac , Neligh , O'Noll and otbor points along the Elkhorn road , and been indiscriminately robbed on all other frolghts , will write out their just com plaints and moot the railroad commission tills week , it U poMible that it will bo for ever determined to the entlr s&tUfao- of all that the commission Is a fraud , without pcwer or right to correct muy of the tliomam ! existing wrong * practised by railways m Nebraska. The rch- ftaU , too , whp bare paid 83 canti and ( noropor hundred pounds for freight front Owafca to polnta mentioned , sight , it they fe l to inclined , famish the com- ulMioft witU tome facts and iigarM very Interesting , The Elkhorn ro d Uuo Mono than the other systems In Ne braska , but an the oomiubtlon hai cboten that partioalar line , iu uwmbora an ccr- Umly to itutiuotod , if tbo-ic most inter- Mtcd will tell what they know. rx * > Coming to Time. Almost every day furnishes aonio cvt- d6nco that the combination entered into jy the railroad ; ! of the country to render ho Intor-slato oommoroo law obnoxious , > y a systematic policy of embarrassing niyitipss nnd hnrrnsslng the public , is npidly and surely breaking up. It was mpossible that such a scheme could bo carried ou a great while with any de gree of success unless assisted by the > tlcmls ! whoso duty it U under tlio law o sco that the people are pro- cctcd from abuses by the corpora tions , but Its abandonment was begun sooner than was perhaps to have been expected , nnd it is clearly only a question of n little time when it will bo complete and a system of proper business competition will generally prevail. In a number of instances freight rates jave been reduced to about the old fig ures , notably In the case of wheat nnd Hour between Minneapolis and St. Paul and Chicago. When the now law went into effect the rate per hundred pounds these commodities was made eighteen cents , more than double the former rate. Ono road , the Burlington & Northern , refused to bo 5 party to this mani festly unreasonable charge , and now the other roads have come to time nnd .he uniform rate is 7) ) cents for Hour nnd 10 cents on wheat. It is not tit nil ques tionable that there is a prolit in these rates , and therefore that the higher ; hargo was unreasonable and unjust , but it was made to create a public sentiment igalnst the law. Elsewhere freight charges have been reduced , while special rates arc given to largo parties of trav elers , mlloago books are sold , excursion tickets are issued , and otherwise tiio nar row and senseless policy that went into effect with the law is being set aside. The shrewder men among these who control the railroads nrc learning none too soon that the con test which they Invited was certain to be a losing one for themselves. Tlio imme diate consoquonccs to the traflic of their corporations have apparently not been burtful. The comparative earnings of the roads are favorable. But the penalty they were inviting from a continuance in their unwarrantable course was a more stringent enactment when the people should again have their opportunity to assert their constitutional authority to regulate the common carriers of the country in the interest of the public. That such would bo the result of an ad herence by the railroads to tbo policy they inaugurated under the law there cannot bo the least doubt. The change of attitude by the commis sion regarding the fourth section has already had a wholesome iniluoncc , and the good effects will still be more appar ent hereafter. The railroad companies having boon given to understand that there ia to bo no more dally ing with the law , but that its easily understood requirements will bo enforced as the only way in which it can receive a fair trial , they will bo found gradually adjusting themselves to the situation , as nt once the wisest and most profitable policy. The rnoro promptly they reach this position the sooner will they regain the public confi dence which their course has lost them. The Final Bond Call. The secretary of the treasury has issued a call lor the redemption of the remaining 3 per cent , bonds outstand ing amounting to $10,417,000. Interest on these bonds will cease on the first day of July , at which time their payment will begin. No other bonds of the gov ernment become due until 1801 , so that the present call is the last that the treasury will mauo tor four years. It is within the discretion of the secre tary , however , to purchase unma tured bonds , either for the sink ing fund or as a measure of financial relief to the country , if an exigency should arise such as in his judg ment to warrant his doing so. The re quirement of-tho sinking fund for the next fiscal year will bo 147,000,000 , and it has been expected that the treasury would buy bonds at least to this amount. It appears , however , to be tlio intention of Secretary Fairchlld to apply the throe per cents to bo redeemed in July to the sinking fund , which will reduce the amount of bonds necessary to bo pur chased for this object to about $88,000,000. But it U not assured that the secretary will purchase any bonds , and there is every reason to expect that ho will avoid doing so if possible. The supposition that the treasury would bo forced to enter the market as a buyer ot bonds has al ready had the effect of strengthening the price of these first maturing , and the cer tainty of the government becoming a purchaser , oven to the moderate extent necessary to the sinking fund , would of course further appreciate the market value of thcso bonds. Secretary Falrchild may bo expected , there fore , to avoid this resort just as long as he can do so , and altogether if that be possible. There ovn be no doubt that In relation to this matter the president and secretary are in complete nccorrd. What the policy of the treasury will bo during the first six months of tbo next fiscal year is a question of supreme in- interest to the country. The payment ol the remaining three per cent bonds and thn disbursements from appropriations after tlio first ot July will not prevent an accumulation of tbo surplus , which tbo lowest estimate does not place below fOO.OOO.OOO by the time the regular session of congress begins in December. Can the business of the country stand this drain without impairment ? It will corao at a time when there is an extraordinary demanc for money for moving the crops , and will consequently bo more severely full than at any other period of taa year. Thu monetary situation at present , which is not uncomfortable , does not furnish a safe basia from which to judge of the re qulrcmcntc fonr months hence. The in dlcadons point to a general trade movement of exceptional activity donuinding an increased supply o money , the limits of which cannot now bo tot. It ia very probable that the nee entry supply caa&ot bo had unlesa Uu treasury shall adopt a policy that will re loose a considerable part of the surplus or otherwise aiako It available to the pco pie. pie.Besides Besides the purchase of bonds , twc other methods have been suggested. One is to deposit the aurpluR with the banks but a serious objection to thi * ia that the banks will not purchase beads at tht prcxent high rate ot premium to be used us security lor such , deposits. I s not easy . to figure out a profit in buying bonds nt 120 which the povcrnmont will receive ns security for the deposits at only 00 , nutl such n transaction becomes loss nt- motive when the possibility of a decline n the premium Is considered. There nru other obvious objections to such an nr- rangcmcnt which would doubtless cause ho banks to hesitate nbout entering Into t. The other method Is for the govern- ncnt to anticipate the Interest on the mblicdout , amounting to about 815,000- KX ) . Tlio success of this would depend ipon the disposition of the holders of the lobt , and it is not certain that they would ) o largely favorable to it. In any event t would bo a tedious and toilsome way of mooting an exigency that could hardly jo of much advantage. Certainly the most alrcct and practicable way , al though the most expensive , would bo the purchase of bonds. Thorn Is no mimcdl- ito cause for anxiety on the part of the justness of the country , nnd there is rea son for confidence that when the circum stances demand it the treasury will have n policy that will meet the necessities of the situation. No Partisan School Board. The chairman of the republican city central committee hns issued a call for ward caucuses to select candidates for the board of oduc.ition , whoso nomina tions nro to bo ratified by the republican central committee as the regular repub lican school board ticket. Now wo hope that this call will bo revoked. Our board of education should be strictly non-partisan. Its members should bo entirely free from all political obligations for their election. Wo can conceive of no political issue in the management of our public schools , and do not propose to countenance any move that will draw the party lines in the election of the school board. It would bo a palpable violation ot the spirit if not the latter of the law. The main object of holding elections for members of the board of education separate from any city , county or general election , is to divorce the school board from politics. The election is to bo hold in our school houses in order to bo as far as is possible removed from the political atmosphere that surrounds our polling places at or dinary elections. What is the object of republican nom inating caucuses ? Is it uof to obligate successful candidates ] to distribute school board patronage among members of thnlr own party and to the exclusion of applicants of any other political creed ? Is it not with a view to forcing republi can newspapers to support the republi can nominees as against all others , even if they are more worthy and bettor quali fied for the discharge of the duties in cumbent upon the board of education ? If the republican party machine nomi nates a ticket the democratic party ma chine will naturally follow suit and thus scolc to compel voters to divide on polit ical linos. Is this in the interest of our public schools ? Wo most emphatically say no , and propose to ignore any nomi nation made by political clubs and party caucusscs. The only issue on which the contest for school board member ship should bo fought out is that of individual fitness of each candidate and his Intentions with regard to the manage ment and supervision of our schools. There is a clique now organized in Omaha to depose our efficient school superintendent , Mr. James , nna if wo are correctly informed it expects to achieve this end by juggling the party caucuses. We do not believe the patrons and friends of our public schools can bo duped into giving countenance or sup port to any such movement. The New Gas Company. A material reduction in the price of gas is always welcomed by any com munity. That Omaha wants cheaper gas goes without saying. The reduction of fifty cents per thousand feet in the pnco of her gas supply which is prom ised by the new gas company is a power ful incentive for granting a franchise. Wo would , however , venture some sug gestions to the council which should bo embodied in the gas ordinance : 1. The franchise should bo limited to twenty-live or thirty years , and subject to repeal in casn of violations of contract by the gas company. The ordinance , ns introduced , is practically perpetual. 3. No right of way should bo granted through any paved thoroughfare - faro except at alley crossings. All gas mains should bo laid in the alloys and all connections with buildings should bo made from the mains laid in the alleys. Omaha has expended several million dollars for pavibjig and wo oould better afford to submit to high priced gas than allow our paved streets to bo torn up and ruined by gas trenches. To dig ditches on Farnam , Douglas or llarnoy streets every twenty-two or thirty-throe feet would simply ruin the whole pave ment. The now gas company should bo required to lay its mains in the alleys , and the old company should linroaftor bo restricted to the alleys where now mains nro to bo laid. Provision should also bo made to require gas companies to pay the cost of repairing pavements MI streets and alloys damaged by digging trenches for their mains and laterals. HA.VING been foiled in their effort to got themselves appointed on the police commission and failed to control the choice of chief of police the "disgruntled editors" now propose to harrass the police commission by inducing too coun cil to reject the rules governing the po lice force which the commission has adopted and submitted to that body for approval. Such small business is be neath contempt * The rules may need amending in some trivial particulars but in the main they commend themselves as essential to proper organization 'and dis- clpllun. In fact tboso obnoxious rules did not originate with the Omaha police commlaiion. They are modelled after the police regulations that uavo for yeara been in force in cities where the metro politan police system prevails , THE scheme to override tbo police com mission in its choice of chief of police by getting the council to pass an ordinance that will require at least two year's resi dence ia Omaha a > a qualification for the position. U too silly for anything , it is in conflict with the oharter which allows all appointive office * to be filled regardless - loss of length of residence or citizenship. The mayor aad eouaoil may appoint the city engineer , struct commissioner , or uvea chairman of the board of public works from abroad If , in thnlr Judgement , tbo Interests of the city are subserved by it , and thd police commission may send to Chicago , No\v \ York or Boston fora chief of police or a fire chief should Uioy deem It essential to the public safely. A rnw days ago the BKB charged Pal- rick Ford with having himself put on the payroll of the Union Pacific immediately after his llrst clocton ) to the council. It appears that this ia incorrect. Wo nro assured by Councilman Ford that ho was on the pay roll 6f the company several months before Iho 'election as watchman of the Holt line nnd therefore was not employed bccau.so of his position in the council. Wo cheerfully make this cor rection , as wo have no disposition to mis represent him or any other public olllclnl. _ _ _ _ _ STILL nt the front and advancing Is the position of Omaha arnonc the financial centres of the country. Again this city loads all others in the increase of its bank clearances , and in the last week took ono stop forward , advancing to the seventeenth place and leaving behind Cleveland , Indianapolis and Denver among the important trade centres. It Is n steady march forward that Omaha is making and every advance will be per manently maintained. THK wives paint a pretty picture in Chicago. The strike is nothing com pared to the raid on the married women of the Windy City. When a husband goes down town at an unseemly hour to bail his wlfo out of jail , there seems to bo some truth In the statement that as a literary centra C&Ioago ranks low. THE council cannot afford to obstruct the police commission m its efforts to re organize the police force nnd make It efficient. UP to this hour wo have hoard of no woman candidate for the board of educa tion. PROMINENT i'EUHO.NS. Colonel K. G. InpetsoU's eldest daughter is a very beautiful young woman , and Is said to have the purest and best soprano voice lu Hew York. Air. John Tyler , son of President Tyler , has for the ninth time been elected grand worthy patriarch of the sous ot temperance of the state of Virginia. Senator Stanford owns the largest vineyard - yard In the world. It Is in Tebauia county , and contains 3,500 acres in bear In it vines. The entire ranch comprises 80,000 acres. The end of a busy and successful season finds jUrs. 1-angtry looking pale and tired. She has her hair cut like a boy's , and the style is not becoming say her admirers. J. Armory KnoxiTex s If tings , is the successor of John Tltaymond In the coin- matching business. _ lie has a lucky quarter with which he has won over (500 this month. Nate Saulsbury , who Is Buffalo Bill's part ner , proposes to Introduce pop-corn In Con don tnls summer , lie has ordered 100 bush els of the uupopped vegetable from a Now York denier. > > Don Carlos , the'Spanish pro tender , has sailed for Brazil under the name of Dr. Coma. Should ho attempt any unseemly pranks In Dom Pedro's dominion Dr. Coma's career will likely come to a full stop. Senator John Sherman was commissioned a colonel by GovernorDonnlson durlnc the war , and two regiments were for some time kaown as Sherman' brigade , though ho never took the Held , resigning his command to take his seat In the senate. Btc Ben Lo Fevre. the Ohio ex-congress man , has struck a better thine than a seat In congress , or the Paris consulship , for which he was an applicant. lie has been made eoneral manager of the Brlce & Thomas railroad syndicate at a salary of 520,000 a year. year.Mrs. Mrs. Ilettle Green , the Wall street woman of many millions , Is very particular in se lecting the modest room eho occupies In a boarding house , iler first question to the landlady Is : "Are there any reporters In the house ? " If not she "Uavo , Inquires : any re porters ever lived In the house ? " If such a disaster has occurred to the landlady , Mrs. Green cares not to hoar when It happened ; the mere fact that reporters have had a habi tation In the house Is enough. She says "Good-day , " ana is gone. An Able Criticism. Knntos City Journal. AVehavo received the first copy of Truth , a weekly magazine of literature nnd reality , published at Leavenworth. AB for literary excellence , it possesses none. As for reality , it U crowded full of real estate advertise ments. As for the name U has assumed , that is an exhibition of monumental cheek , which persuades us that the mapazine will succeed. * The Jaokles Lawyer. Lincoln Democrat , Every jackleg lawyer In Nebraska who wants It gets a railroad pass , on the ground that he Is an employe of the roads. Every politician whom the roads want to use at conventions and other useful places hns bis little "employe" annual. Mot a soli tary abuse has boon corrected by the al leged abolition of passes. The same sub- 01 nation of lawyers and politicians goes on , except more guardedly than before. The main herd of common editors are not allowed to nave posses , so that tueir moans will de- cehe the public and make It Imagine that the passes have been abolished. Any man of political Influence , who Is unscrupulous enough to ask for It and use It , can got a pass just as ho used to. Ho must only bo a little more explicit than formerly In bis pledge to stand by the company. Love Has No Place On Earth. Ella lYhultr Wtteoi. The world has outlived all Its passion ; Its men are Inane and blase. Its women are more puppets of fashion ; Life now Is a comedy play. Our Abelard bUhu for 4 season , Then yields with decorum to fate ; Our Helolso listens to reason , And seeks a new mate. ) By the ladylike mlndseofour mothers Wo are taught that to feel Is bad form ; Our effeminate fathers and brothers Keep carefully out of life's storui. Our wet shippers now , and our lovers Are calmly devout with their brains ; And we laugh at the roan who discovers Warm blood In his vejoa. But you. O twin soul8. paaslon mated. Who lore as the gods loved ot old , What blundering destiny.fated Your Uvea to D * castTn this mould ? Like a lurid volcanic vplieaval In pastures prosUe nud gray You seem , with your fervors primeval , Among us to-day. You dropped from some planet of aptondor , Perbap * . w U circled afa. % Aad your eon taoey , iwervelesa and tender , You learned from the course ot that itar. Fir back to Iti boeem. I warn you , As back to the ark flew the dove ; Tbe ralnloni of earth will but wora you Because you can love I Tb 49eerec Itniktn Dow Statttruan. The Omaha Republican made a Utter at tack on Governor Thayer on account of his appointments to the Omaha police commla- elon. The llepubliean's logic was so much at fault that most people are at a low to know the real reason of BIS attack. The whole ao- cret waa exposed by the governor himself a few daya ago , in an Interview with a BBK re porter. IttranjplreotUatKothKkw.theedl- totof the Republican , 'was a persistent apull- cant for a place on tlio commission , nnd be cause the governor chose to reject tlio appli cation for the very best of reasons , Mr. llotlmckcr'e bile wus stirred up to the extent oi slo oping over through the columns of the ItoDubllcnn , Governor Tlmyer has sulleroil no Imnn from the attack , while itottiackor and his paper lia\o gamed nothing by It Their St. lioitlt Ulobe-Democrdt. The Northern Presbyterians , In session nt Omalm , have sent greetings to the South ern Presbyterians , In session nt St. Louis. The message says : "Sco psalm 11 } J. 7 nnd John 17 21' " verso , , verso Republicans are familiar with the Scripture * , and know very well what Is contained In each of these verses , but for the bctiullt of our Democratic readers \vo will say that the first verse reads : "I'caco bo within thy walls , and prosperity within thy palaces. " The second verso Is ns follows : "That they all may bo ono , ns thou , Father , art in mo , and 1 In tlicc , that they also maybe bo one In us ; that the world may believe that thou hast sout mo. " BTATE ANDTKIIHITOUY. Nebraska Jottings. The Chadron artesian bore swallowed fl.OOO. The Norfolk News cries aloud for a town park. More trees wore planted in Fullcrton this season than over before. Crawford claims to bo n lively , healthy , smiling kid of a burg with ton now houses going up. Congressman McShano has contributed 9100 toward the press building to bo erected on the assembly grounds at Crete. The first baby born in South Sioux City was given n serenade by the band and presented with a corner lot in that promising town. "Interesting inside developments" nro promised in thn next issue of several country papers. 'A choice collection of pewter puns , probably. Mrs. F. A.Vittio , of Hay Bprings.took nn overdose of aconite to quiet her nerves. It wus quito successful. She leaves a sorrowing husband and a three- year-old sou. The Nebraska City News taps * timely vein , by urging the formationof ; a com pany to bore for natural gas. The News is contidont that the "fuel of the future" exists m that vicinity. The Genoa Dramatic club is energetic ally rehearsing "Tho Haunted Henhouse house , or Six Buckets of Blood , " At the last performance the heavy villian had a section of his oar shot away while plucking the stuilVd pullets in the coop. The local critic fails to mention whether sufficient gore was scoured to verify the text. The drama will probably bo put on the boards with a brush. The Norfolk News punoturos Omaha merchants in the following friendly item : "The only trouble with Omaha is that that town Imagines that the entire state of Nebraska must pay tribute to her mer chants. This is a big mistake. The trade of tiny section belongs to the merchant who can place his wnros in the hands of tbo purchaser at the least cost. Omaha merchants can not , or do not , do this. Our experience has uniformly been that we could buy goods in our line cheaper in Lincoln than in Omaha. " Iowa Items. Thirteen counties in the state report the banishment ol saloons. A largo gob of gloom has settled down on Dos Alomes with the closing of the dis tillery. The buildings of the Murray iron works nt Burlington , recently burned down , will bo rebuilt. Sioux city presents the strange specta cle of Germany supporting Frantz in the light for liberty and beer. Prof. Foster , of Burlington predicts n double disturbance early in Juno. A de layed assignment of bock boor isexpectod about that time. Dakota. Rapid City papers are endeavoring to give life and activity to Iho board of trade. Lead City i.s realizing on a real estate boom , the lirst joyful evidence of pros perity experienced in years. A large force of graders have been transferred from Nebraska to Bapld City to begin work on the Elkhorn Valley ex tension to Doadwood. This unexpected move is duo to the activity , of the Burl ington people on the border. A company has been.formed in Rapid City to develop the gypsum beds In th at vicinity. Tbo company has secured some forty acres or more of the gypsum beds and will operate on an extensive scale when they commence. The product will be disposed of in eastern markets. Among the gentlemen interested are John R. Brennan , A. J. Simmons , R. C. Lake , Thomas Sweeney and K. C. More- house. The weekly crop reports to the North ern Pacific Elevator company show a general need of ruin. Some sections are in good shape while others are suffering badly. Kuclloy , Verona and Duwson re port good rains and splendid crop condi tion. Arthur , Mllnors , Blanchard , Ed munds , Hatton and New Rockford report serious lack of rain and high winds , with a consequent damage to the crops. Wyoming. A Congregational church to cost 93,000 is being built at Lusk. The territory is overrun with railroad surveyors and mining prospectors. Benjamin F. Carter , the murderer of James Jeffrey at Sand Creek , has been convicted and sentenced to death. Cheyenne was thrown into a prayerful pose by piercing thunder peals b rlday evening. No harm wus done above or below. Largo additions are being made to the Laramie chemical works. These im provements will treble Uie capacity of the plant. The Choycnno Sun reports that from an investigation of the business affairs of Swan Bros. It is evident that the firm will come out of the wreck with reputation untarnished. "It is stated nn authority that these interested firmly believe that the assets will bo found to exceed thn lia bilities by from $400,000 to $300,000. Everybody concerned has grown more hopeful and all express the belief that by careful business management the posses sions of tbo firm will realise at least double the amount of the liabilities. " AMUSEMENTS. Another VUlt to itojrd's fcroiu tbo Devil's Auction. Tbo inter-state commerce law has had no effect upon the Devil's Auction , because - cause lost night , it appeared again at the Boyd in all its well known features. The house was as largo as any that has at tended any of these performance * , which means that nearly every seat in the house was occupied. There nave been intro duced a number of new acts for ones that no longer commanded the roipoct duo to honorable old age. The scenery , danc ing , acting were as agreeable M over , and the audience retired in humor fulll- ciently easy to be ready to attend auothnr performance. It will be repeated to night. _ Personal Paragraph * . 8. S. Polkorhas returned home from n two months' visit to California. Hon. J. D. Melklelohn , of FuIIorlon , is in the city and will remain hero until Wednesday. Sheriff McDonald and Mr. Luco , of Sioux City , were in the city for a day or BO visiting C. W. Kdgerton. CONNUV Klt'S ACCOUNTS. They AT lit Ho Gonsltlofod By n Com mittee of Ihp Cnnnctt. Thocnllpd meeting of the board ol ed ucation mot yesterday afternoon nt 0:15 : with just a quorum present. The secre tary announced the object of the meet ing to examine into the condition of the socrotnry's accounts. The bccrolnry loft his desk nnd took tlio tloor , donylni ; that ho had declared ho did not want his no- counts investigated and said fmthor that when Mr. Blnokburn had made such n statement ho had uttered what w.is not true. Mr. Connoyar made a lengthy 8tntonicntnnd rend the sections of the law pertaining to the payment of claims , llo snid that the committee on claims in stead of mooting in season to examine the bills of cxponso , had of Into .years mot fifteen or twenty mlnutos before a bonul mooting , hastily looked over the claims , nud asked If ho was to beheld hold responsible for the neglect of duty shown by the coiimntluo on clnhns. Mr. Blackburn , of the committee - too on claims , arose iu response to Mr. Connoyer , and said that tliu spirit of his resolution Introduced at the htsl mooting was not to cast an imputation upon the secretary. All that ho desired was that the olllcors of the board should bo cv- ainined , as ho considered the methods somewhat slip-shod. So far as ho know , the accounts of Mr. Connovor were ns fair ns any man's could bo. As Mr. Con- noyor hna been secretary of the board for eight or ton years , nnd the term wns about nt an etui , ho thought it but proper ' that tlio affairs of the body sho'uld be gone over. No honest man should object to such an Investigation. Mr. Connoyer accused Mr. Blackburn of making derog atory remarks. Mr. Blackburn said that was not the point before the board , which wns to consider the investiga tion of the secretary's accounts. He moved that the discussion close. Mr. Coburn objected Jon the grounds that other members wanted to speak on the subject , and the motion was withdrawn. Mr. Livesey thought no ono should object to an investigation. Mr. Clark , ns chairman of the committee ou claims , stilted the methods of the com mittee iu auditing claims. Ho said in contract work the committee could only rely upon tlio statements of foremen , and ho believed that the auditing was in the main fntr. Mr. Coburn said that the board had been commented upon for its expenditures. | While opposed to Mr. Blackburn's resolution the referring ex amination of the accounts to the finance committee , ho was in favor of an exami nation , but wanted it done by nn expert and outsider of their own body. He re ferred to the section of the now law gov erning examinations. Mr. Blackburn said tlio new law did not cover the period of years prior to its passage by the legis lature. Mr. Coburn thought the council had power to appoint an examination committee , and moved as an amendment that the council bo asked to ex amine the records nnd accounts of the board. Mr. Counoypr .said ho wanted n full and early investigation , ns his affairs were in such a shape as to boar investi gation. Ho feared the council would de lay the matter for a week or more , and he thought the board should appoint a committee to do the work at once. Mr. Blackburn thought as the sccretnry did , but Mr. Coburn insisted on his motion. He bcliflvcd that the secretary occupied a different position from any of the others , nnd as it member of the board ho was as much entitled to au investigation ns the secretary , as the public had re flected somewhat on the board. Presi dent Points took the floor and said the law provided the instrumentality of In vestigation. He said the matter had been sprung on the eve of an cleotion and had a political aspect. Ho believed nn investigation by a com mittee of the board would bo unneces sary and unsatisfactory. It would amount to a whitewash. It might help some member to a re-election. But wnut kind of a look would it have to the public. Ho was opposed , not to an investigation , but to the mover of investigation. The time for investigation was when the sec retary's term had expired and before his bondsmen had been relieved. Ho wanted an investigation through the proper channels , and ono which would place the board in a proper light before the citi zens of the city. The vote wns five to fonr in favor of the motion to refer to the city council for investigation. After brief discussion of a routine matter the board adjourned. Republican City Committee. There will bo a mooting of the repub lican city central committee at the coun cil chamber , exposition building , Thurs day , May SO , at 4 o'clock p. m. Each member is requested to bo there in person or by proxy. D. U. MKUCKJC , Chnirmun. F. B. UKDMAN , Secretary. It WM an Accident. The coroner wont to MUlat'd yesterday to investigate the case of the young man reported drowned on Sunday night. Tlio man's name wan August Thies , a farmer , and the verdict of the jury wns that ho was accidentally drowned while in bath- Southern Presbyterian As cmbly. ST. Louis , May 23. In the Southern Pres byterian assembly this morning the commit tee on organization presented three reports. The mnjorlty recommend * the appointment of a committee to confer with the committee from the other assembly and report to the next general assembly. The committee Is Instructed to take and maintain the position that a mere acceptance of the common standards of church confession of faith does not form a-sultlcient baslH of union , "Hut the acceptance ot that peculiar interpretation of our standards which aftlrms and nmpha- sl/es the purely scriptural nature of Christ's Kingdom , and forbids her legislating on political or civil matters , Is the only true basis of union ; and , further , we Insist that our colored brethren bo organized Into separ ate congregations , presbytei Irs pad synons. " The minority says the difficulties In the way of union r.ro so numerous nnd of BO minus a nature that they cannot ho removed , and assorts that a separate existence of the south- cm church is demanded because of the widely different Interpretation of the Ian- Kuniaof confession of laitti. These cannot be reconciled , and a union would perpetuate strife nud alienations. The minimum mi nority report id iffsrj from thn minority only iu the form ot exprnsalon. The matter waa laid over till to-morrow. nig KaUroad 8nlt. MILWAUEE , May 23. Papers have been filed In the United States circuit nouit In n suit brought by AVtlliam U. ilollUUr aualnst Johu A. Stewart and Kdwln 11. Abbott , trustees of the Wisconsin Central railroad , and Henry V , Spencer , thplr registrar and a former tockholdur of the road. The case crows out of a ruorcanlxvtion scheme loada by the company In IttTO for the purpose of settling tlu affairs of the old company , The complaint demands Judgment for the and Interests , azcrojailnj 1500,000. The c ; o will probably lead to the appointment ot a control receiver for the ruad. Thn Hock Inland llobber * Sentenced. CHICAGO , if ay XJ. A spootal to tua Daily Xewi from Morris , 111. , * jr Schwartz and Watt , theKock lnUml train robber * , were to-day sentenced to Imprisonment for life. J < < > ( > * was icrantnd the prisoners to flla a bill or exceptions by August MJ , 1H3T. WeMtiftr IndiuHtlona. Kor Nubtaikai Wnrmar , generally fair wealhor , variable wlniKbecouiluz aoutliorly Kor Iowa : Warmer , fair weather , wesltrly wlmU , bccomiiik' yjrlatile. Kor Dakota : Wiirxor , fair weather , vari able winds , ueceully oi'.lUorJy. In Ills Thoughts. Chttaw Htratt. Testifying before Iho Pnciflo railroad commission the other day the good Jay ( lOtildsnld : " 1 thought of the Interests of tlio government many times , but when the Thuriiinn law wns passed ntut sustained by the supreme court 1 thought the government wns trying to sqtice/.u more out of the turnip than there wns in It , nnd my plan than wns to build a now road from Oinnhn to Ogdon. " Considering nil Hint has happened this is n very frank ndmMoii. Tlio Tliurmatt law wns p.is < cd with the Idea that It would compel the directors nnd niiin- ngors of the subsidized rouds to pny their indebtedness to tlto government. Gould looked upon the venture In the light of squei'/lnj : a turnip , yet ho wns engaged In that very act himself , and hnd lundo several millions by the operation. By buying up the bonds of coiiiii-eting nntl competing roads nt nomlnnl figures and selling them to the Union Pauilic nt imr ho was nblc to pocket the profits , which should have gone to the corporation for which he acted The turnip was dry wlion It came to paying the debt which tlio road owed to the coveriunotit , but it was juicy miough as long ns ( Soiild could be permitted to tup It in his own interest. The manner in which ho proposed to got even with the government for insist ing upon the payment of tlio money which it had loaned shows how well ho had observed the methods of C. P. Hunt- ington. Ho proposed to build a new road , "just outside the right of wav , " from Omaha to Ogdun. What forT For the purpose of having a road of his own connecting with Huntington's Contra ! Pacific , and of turning back on tlio hands of thn people the Union Pacific , for which ho would then have no use. Ho would have employed the resources of the Umon Pacific to build his now road , exactly OH lluntington employed the re sources of the Central Pacific to build his Southern Pacliic , nnd then with n rend on which the government hnd no claim ho would have been in n position to lot go of the Hiilsidi7.od ) road nnd lot the government make the host of it. Gould has a sublime contempt for public opinion , and no wonder. A Now Secretary Nooflcd. The Christian Hour of this week will say editorially : The mission schools form ono of the most potent agencies in the home Held. All through Utah , Montana , New Mexico , Arizona , the Indian terri tory , Alaska and in other portions of the Hold they nro laying the bnsis of a sound education which should bo carried to completion iu the high eohool , academy nnd college. At present there is no ays- tern in regard to the unification of these schools , no that this object may be at tained. Each Individual school stands alone iu its isolated district , and when the schol ars have completed the necessarily limi ted course of instruction , their education is finished as far as it is possible for thorn to complete it. In Salt Lake wo have a collegiate institute that Is capable of tak ing its pupils as far as the sophomore class. Yet of the schools scattered throughout the territory , a very small per cent of the scholars go to the insti tute. tute.Tho school at Albuquarquo or Tucson should be advanced to n high school for the twenty-eight schools throughout that region , ns a focdor for Del Norto college. Ono of the objects that Dr. Hill had in view in his Into visit to Now York wns to urge the board to appoint a man to take his place in the school work m the Indian Territory. So heavily was the burden of the importance olthis ( work proising upon his heart , that his eloquent pleadings ring in the cars of those who hoard him as A voice from Heaven. And siucc God In his mysterious providence Ims called him homo , tlio Hchools iu that important part of the Held are loft without a lender. Another important fact demands at tention. Wo are accustomed to call our work among the colored people work among the frcodiuon. This is no longer the cuso. Our schools tor the colored poo- pl are not educating froodtncnbut native Americans. The manner of dealing with the colored schools should bo the same as the schools in Now Mexico , Indian Terri tory and Utah , In order that this may bo accomplished the schools should all ho placed under the supervision of ouo head. A man should bo appointed to take charge of this work ; ono who would carefully study the needs of these various peoples ; unify the system of education by koeptng the board fully informed of what ho has obxorved upon the Hold nnd faithfully carry out the instructions of the board so as to make the school work more oOicient. We know of no man who is bettor qual ified for this important position than Kov. T. C. Kirkwood , D. D. , Superin tendent of Missions for Colorado , New Mexico nnd Arizona. In his large tlold ho hns charge of twcuty-oight schools u a part of his work. The information furnished by him to the board con cerning these schoolb has always been accurate , nnd his judgment in regard to the needs of the schools has always been wise. Ho hns the full con fidence of the board , of the brethren of his Presbytery nnd avnod , and of the church. The work ban grown so rapidly and is so important that it demands im mediate attention , and wo sincerely trust that thu Imliei and the home board will unite upon Dr. Kirkwood as the man eminently qualified for thn position. THE MJttFUOT Quickest Soiling Article Ever invented. PK1C1S OFDA.SUKK , Nttdinoulkluz. bulre llrli the HretUoit Article on li Market. OMAHA , Neb. , April 2U , I8S7. This h to certify that we , the undersigned. Imic thit day wilneued a churning by "The Perfect Self Revolving Churn Da-herC which reiultcd in producing 8V , pounds of first claii bttttfr from one gallon of cream in jnst one minute and fiftren seconds. W. U WrUht. proprlolor Ora h Dnlrri" 0 JV. WbMlar. manner "omiih llalrft" PaulH T t Meri.bimU'Nnllniml lUuk : A. I ) . Tniuiilln.Netinuti Netlotml Bunk ! Jr f. U ortf * H. Rjlhburr , proprlelo- "Oiu h Uuilodi Cell l" IVor. f. J. ntiVf. loieh. ror.,8hortli ndi lUrrj UirrUu , lltor'TUUlia SJlu n. itbi. "iiy ; WllU.nubbi. JI.U. Aijt " 4.r. nn."Wort4. . " rtntik K Ure n. Htr ll" In. J. W. H roli. > > r.C. U. O. lllntl. . ' " ' * V. H. lull.ro liint , W. llcwri.f John Hudd. jivrtlor , Htute anil for Stile , Profit * inn You. AGENTS WANTED. Call or write to u t once. Qu ck ! e I.V. . & A. POI-IIAM , Prop' * Rat ml C/lnni * IUvCi K.Wrt t.OB * . * *
