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! THE O1VIAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY , JUNE 2. 1887. THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. or suu'cntrnot s jTnllr ( MornlJtf Edition ) Including Bunday Bx.r , Ono Yoar. . . . . . . . $10 00 For Blx Monttm . 6 MJ For Three Month * . KM Tlio Omaha Humid ? Ilcc , mailed to any add row , Olio Year. . . . 200 flMAJTA Omre. No. mi > N 91(1 ( FAn-M * flrnirr. hrw TOHK orrirn , Itoou IB. Tnint'fie nnii.invci. orricc , .No. Su KOUHTICNIU BTULCT. . All cmtnnnlention § rotating to news nnd odl ( aria ) matter * houUl bo ud-lrensed to thu Em- jou or THE UIK. xcsiNtsa LETTERS : All btt'lncM Inttani and remittance * thould l > o feddrcnsod to Tin HKI i'uuusiiiNn COMPACT , OH MI A. Draft * , checks and po toffieo order * to bo tnado pay uble to tbe onltr of tbu company. IK BK POBLISHIlTSiiPAIT , PBOPHIETOHS , E. KOSEWATEU. EniTOR. THE DAII/V BEE Sworn Statement of Circulation. fctato of Nebraska , 1 . , County of Dousing. ( " ' a > Geo. U. Tzschucit , secretary of The Bee rtibllshlnc company , docs solemnly swear that the actual circulation of thn Dally Moo for the week ending May 27 , 1887 , wns as follows : ( Saturday. Mny 21 . 14.375 Hunday , Mny 22 . 1U.975 Monday. May as . 14.SW Tuesday , Mav2 . 13sar > Wednesday. May 25 . 13,775 Thursday. May 'JO . 13,000 JTriday , Mny a ? . 14,000 Average . 14.0SJ GKO. it. TZSHIUCK. Subscribed and sworn to before 1110 this 8at day of May , 1SS7. N. I' . Fm. . [ SEAL. ] Notary Public. Oeo. M. Trsclnick , bclns ; lir.st duly sworn , deposes nnd Rajs that ho is secretary of The Dee Publishing company , that tliu actual average dally circulation of the Dally Bee for tlto month or May,188G , 12,439 rniifos ; tor June , Ibsfl , 12.2tWcopU'sfor.Itily ; , IbSJ , 12il4copie.s ! ; for August , 1st * . 12,464 entiles ; lor Septem ber , IbbO , I3ow : copies ; for October , isso , 12 , S9 copies ; for November , 18bO , I3us : copies ; for Dccomucr , 18SG , 13,237 copies ; for January , 1SS7. in,26G copies ; for February. 1897 , 14,108 copies ; for March , 1887 , 14,400 copies ; for April , 1837 , 14,310 copies. VlM. M.TZSCHUCK. Subscribed and sworn to before ma this 7th day of May , A. 1) . , 1887. ISKAL. ] N. 1' . FJIL : , Notary Public. BUCK TAYI.OU was bucked out yester day at the \Vild West show. OMAHA is not only the great musical pouter , but the religious center as well. GOVEKNOH Hiu/s action on the license bill in Now York dissolved his presiden tial boom. "MB Too" Platt , of New York , now carries the burdensome title of Boss. Peace hath its victories. IT is also to bo regretted that in the LOUD City tragedy , where a poem caused the death of nn editor , that the poetic muse escaped unscathed. A RUSSIAN minister of finance1ms put Into nxccution a system , providing that every hen's egg bo taxed a third of n jionny. If such a custom was in vogue in this country some public speakers would not turn pray so quickly. THOSE iiucient landmarks , the brick pavements of Philadelphia , are being rapidly superseded by stone pavements wpf varioas kinds. Oh , that n few of the fcucient landmarks the wooden sideWalks - Walks of Omaha would disappear. QUACK doctors are operating in Ne braska. At Waboo thrco of them wore put in jail , and from other parts of the Btate como reports of the villains dup ing citizens. Thu law in our state is j > lam regarding quack doctors , and all good citizens should see that it is en forced. IT may bo well to remark that up to this writing no oil inspector has been ap pointed in Nebraska. The next thirty days , however , will end thu heartache , oi the anxious and determined candidates , If Brad Slaughter is appointed to inspect oil , a man must bo appointed to inspect Brad. COLONEL COLUT has been out delivering ft memorial address. The colonel hoi boon a member of the state militia long enough to mtiku him acquainted with nnuy life , nnd any one of his anecdotes P Would force a smile from the most inv IV iHtssire Indian that over adorned a to bacco storo. THE Oregon Transcont inontal compa toy has commenced suit against thi northern 1'ucUio railroad in the Unitcc BtHtes circuit court. It is n pleasinf ppectaclo to sco railroads fight utnonf themselves and yet the adage that when thieves fall out honest men got their duos has no significance in this p\rticulai : case. case.AT AT Frcdonia , Kansas , the now Murra } liquor law was tested im the distric court. It was proven that a boot-loj paloon keeper had dispensed the seduc llvo lluid contrary to law , and the judgi lenlencod him to forty days in the count ] fail and to pay a f 100 fine. A camel cai Do more thread the postern of. n needle' eye , than a man can tiling & gin-sling it blooding Kansas. THE committee on arrangements of thi Fourth of July celebration wants nion tooncy In order to carry ont the pro gramme asplauned. Julius Meyer , Join Perkins and Klohard O'lvoofo comprise the finance committee , nnd money son to thorn will bo properly credited. Lo our citizens respond , and see to it tha the cnle.bration this year excels all forme efforts in Omaha. GovKKNoit HILL of Now York is dotcr miuod to s tan a solid with the liquor in torests. His veto of the license bill passe < F by the legislature just before adjourning notwithstanding the fact that it avoidei F the constitutional objections to tha Cros m by bill , previously vetoed , amply demon strntos that the liquor interests hav ,5 nothing to four in the way of adverse log Ulation while Hill is in the executivi chair. A LINCOLN paper furnishes the gratifj Infi information that a scheme has bee successfully worked , which retires bet Church Howe and Tom Majors from th political arena of Nomaha county. Jus wkat the happy creation is , that will relieve lievo the body politic of two such charac tori , the informant does not Bay. In th thought that U is sure and certain tb people will Had much happiness. Hoi cither of these men ever gained proml jieuco in their own county , lias often bee aikod , bat now that they arc to bo r < tlrod , for the people'ii good , it docs m liuttur. Mny th'iy rest In peaoj. Senator Hlicrnmn at Springfield , In response to an invitation , Senator Sherman yesterday addressed the repub lican members of the Illinois legislature at Springfield on the political issues of the day. The Invitation was a notable compliment to the distinguished states man , nnd will bo vofy generally re garded as pcrhnpi the most substantial evidence that could have been given of the high esteem in which ho la held by the republicans of Illinois. Such a cir cumstance certainly possesses very gror.t significance in view of the prominence of Senator Sherman among possible presi dential candidates , and his friends , as well as those who are not favorable to him , will not fail to note the important aspect of the event. Such consideration to a party leader is under the circum stances extremely rare. The speech of Senator Sherman was ft comprehensive review of the contrasting policies of the republican and democratic parties , nnd a straightforward presenta tion of the character and actuating prin ciples of the two political organizations. The senator has a way of setting forth the truths of history that is admirably direct and perspicuous. Ho does not wander oil'into byways , and lose himself and his hearers in a labyrinth of tor tuous wanderings , but keeps in the broad and free highway , where the man should walk who has full confidence in the re ctitude and justice of his course , with nothing to conceal or evade , and nothing to fear. Whatever the partisan oppon ents of Senator Sherman may think of the wisdom or present oppositcncss of his utterances , they cannot fairly allege against them indirection or evasion , while to republicans they are a vigorous stimulant to party faith and loyalty. It need hardly be said that Senator Sherman earnestly combats the notion of such political pessimists as George Wil liam Curtis that the republican party has no further mission to perform ; that it Is mainly the shadow of a great name and represents no definite and distinct policy upon any of the existing questions , lie maintains , on the contrary , that the democratic party having shown itself conspicuously incapable of formulating and carrying out any policy , even those to which it was most unqualifiedly pledged , and by its nature , aims and tendencies disqualified from carrying out any of the measures necessary to the wel fare and progress of thn country , which uro embraced in the republican policy , unless all those are to finally and forever fail , the republican party still baa a great and most important mission. The address of ScnatorJ Sher man at Springfield is certain to attract widesw'read attention and comment , aa well because of the circumstances under which it was made us for its strong and clear exposition of the character , poli cies , alms and tendencies of the two great parties. It is valuable also as an announcement of the platform upon which Senator Sherman will stand if the republican party will make him its can didate in 1833. Condemned By Ills Partiaans. The vigor with which Mayor Hewitt has enforced the Sabbatarian laws in Vow York city baa called down upon him the unqualified condemnation of ono branch of the democracy , known as the Irvine hall organization , and although the least in numerical strength of the several fac tions it doubtless has the sympathy in this matter of a majority of all of them , The truth is the course of Hewitt lias been a startling revelation to the dem ocracy of New York , in that it has been so entirely the opposite of democratic methods and precedents. Hero is n democratic mayor who is enforcing the laws as he finds them , and at least as to these particular laws this has never before - fore been done by a democratic mayor , Had it been suspected that Mr. Hewitt would thus run counter to all formci practice there cannot bo a doubt thai he would have boon overwhelm' ingly defeated. As it is the democrats of Irving hall voice the general oral sentiment of the party by denouncing the mayor as tyranuical , fanatical , puri tanical and undemocratic. Mcanwhih Mr. Hewitt keeps bravely at his work and there is reason to believe that his on torcemcnt of the Sabbatarian regulation ; is not duo simply to the fact that as the executive oilicor of the city it is his duty to do so , but for the reason also that lu believes they are necessary and proper , Certainly , if that be his fooling , the charge that ho is undemocratic is no gratuitous , though it may not be possible much longer to say this , since democrats m some localities , notably in Texas , an developing radical tendencies in asimilai direction , oven to the extent of favoring prohibition. Mayor Hewitt had tc fight hard for success , but he won , and the legislature having refusec to afford any relief , and there being nc probability that the mayor will recedt from his position , It seems evident tha ! the Sabbath will for some time contmn < to be observed in Now York as it has no boon before within the memory of it oldest inhabitant. But if Mr. Hewitt ha : any dreams of a political future ho maj as well dismiss them as worthless. A Political Pndagojcuo. The activity of Mr. tiruncr in promot ing the attempt to elect n partisan boart of education is to the last degree uu seemly. That gentlemen is well under stood to bo a candidate for the position of superintendent of the public schools and in the hope of securing that place hi in willing to drag the schools into tin mire of political contention , and to raaki himself the creatuio of the politicians Even wcro Mr. Bruner in every wfr competent to successfully perform tin duties of the position , the course ho ii pursuing should bo Huflielimt todisqunlif ; him. The head of the public school should bo subservient to no class of poll ticians ; ho should have no favors to oxpoo from them , and none to grant them. Hi position must . be one of entir independence of all such in fluouco , dictation or control. Othorwls he will inevitably be subjected to hai rassmonts and and annoyances that wil render impossible otllcioncy and thoi oughnesa in his administration. The od uctvtor who dabbles in politics is ver , sure to make a failure of his profcssiona vocation. It is probable that were the ambitioi of Mr. Krunor Justified by a posscssioi of the qualifications noccsinry to sue ccssfully fill thu position of school super intcncont , ho would not be found in th unbecoming business of political wire pulling in which he is engaged. Hut i is H matter ot common kncwledg hat his ambition Tar overtops h\s \ tn'orlt. i'huro 'ore' a do/en men In Olhaha better qualified than Mr. Uruntr to bo superintendent of schools , and wo do not know but that Is giving hint a bettor landing than ho deserves. At all events , t would bo n grave misfortune to place such a man at the head of our public schools , and it is the duty of all parents concerned for the welfare ot the schools o exert themselves for the defeat of thu scheme upon the success of which t'.io chance of Hruncr depends. The way to nest surely accomplish this is to elect a ion-partisan board of education. Evangelical Lmthcrnna. The thirty-third biennial convention of ho Evangelical Lutheran church of the LJnltcd States is In session at Omaha. This gathering is no less important than , hc general assembly of the Presbyterian church which adjourned this week. The present convention of the Lutheran church consists of 103 delegates from till parts of the United States , together with the oflicers of the various churnh boards and societies. To the visiting strangers Omaha ex- [ ends the hand of welcome. The visiting 1'resbytorians from dificrcnt parts of the country , especially the eastern states , wcro surprised and charmed with our busy , growing city. They wcro treated with that open handed hospitality for which the west , and especially Omaha , is noted. They went away feeling that their time had been too short , and ex pressed a desire to return again. So it will be , wo hope and believe , with members of the present assembly. In this connection it might be well for our citizens to exert every cll'ort to the end of securing the location of the college which the Lutherans propose to build , nnd which will bo determined by the general synod. Other cities are submitting propo sitions , and Omaha cannot well ntl'ord to lose the opportunity here presented of se curing additional educational facilities. Rally For n Noii-1'nrtlsan Hoard. The BIE : has stated with sufllcicnt full ness the reasons that justify the move ment in opposition to a partisan board of education. They are such ns must commend themselves to every intelligent citizen whoso first and greatest interest in relation to this matter is in the con tinued success and growing welfare of the public school system. They are not expected to lind favor with the hide bound partisans who put party success before every other consideration ; they will have no weight with the narrow demagogues and the unscrupulous poli ticians who have ( heir selfish ends to subserve , and to whom nothing is sncrcd. But wo are confident that the majority of our people who arc concerned for the prosperity , success and welfare of the public pchool system are not of these classes , and therefore can , if they will , overwhelm them and defeat their perni cious scheme. The cause is of such grave importance , is in all its aspects of such vital consequence to the com munity , that it will be almost criminal on the part of those who approve to neg lect it. I lie meeting to be hold on Thursday evening to voice the nonpartisan tisan sentiment should be attended by every citizen approving it who can pos sibly get thoro. It is necessary that the rally shall bo so strong and earnest as tc carry dismay into the camp of the enemy , and assure those who would make the schools of the people the foot ball of politicians that they are engaged in a hopeless enterprise. The time tc teach this lesson is now. If the political foray that is intended to bo made upon the schools shall succeed , not only will great damage be done before the people will have another opportunity to repel the enemy , but the task of doing so will have become much more difficult , The leeches having once got their hold , only the most heroic efforts will diglodgc them. If the BKE has not made its motive in this matter perfectly plain , in the argu ments it has presented , to every fair- minded citizen , it does not know what more it can &ay to do so. Its solo aiir and purpose is to protect the schools against the assaults ot the politicians and to keep them wholly apart and frc ( f rona the devices and methods of politics No ono connected with our schools should bo in the least degree subject tc the influence or favor of any class o1 politicians , and no ono who is active ir politics can be safely entrusted with anj position in connection with the schools It is absolutely hostile to the broad anc wise principle upon which the public school system is founded that Its control and administration should have any par tisan coloring , and whenever that princi "pie shall be abandoned deterioration ol the system must inevitably supervene. Again wo appeal to those who.approvc of a non-partisan school board.to make that approval known by their prcsenci and voice at the meeting Thursday even ing. Lot the mothers as well as UK fathers bo seen and heard on this occa sion. It is a matter that touches one o your most vital interests and should com mand your earnest attention and zeal. The Chief of Police. Those interested in Seavoy's dofoa have managed to sccnre the introductioi ot an ordinance which requires that : man must be a resident of Omaha twc years before he can be chief of pohro. Inasmuch as the council has'nothin ; to do with the appointment of Chic Soavoy , the ordinance , should it pass will bo without effect. The police com mission is the only authority responsibli forSoavoy's appointment and until hi shall prove incapable and without abilit' to perform the duties of the office whlci he now holds under the law , there can bi no removal. The council might ns well pass an ordinance dinanco limiting the term of office of thi president of the United States to threi years , anct then call upon Grovcr Cleveland land to resign. Mr. Seavoy is at the present -writing chief of police , appointed under th charter. The charter to all intents and purposes is an organic law , and the at tempt to remove Seavoy antagonizes tin supreme authority of the stato. By virtue tuo of that authority Governor Thayci appointed the commission , and In further thor pursuance of that authority tit commission appointed Chief Seavey. This fulfills and completes the re qnlrcmonts of the charter , so far as relate to the organization of the police depart ment , and it is unassailable by any powe save that which gave the authority. Th obstruction which the council is attempt ing to interpose may delay an cfilcicn organization of the police system , bu the ultimate defeat of the- attempt is as certain as is the tact that the course so 'ar pursued Is comio'rucd by every intelli gent and unprejudiced citizen. MR. Bitf.vr.it Una showed his hand His interest In the board of education is strictly personal , hejyearns to bo super intendent of school TUB Fourth of July celebration in Dniaha , it all plans are carried out , will be the grandest daincjnstration Nebraska has ever seen. i To bore for natural gas costs but little money. Should It bo found there is no estimate to be placed upon its value. THE pilgrimage of the railroad com mission was a failure. About one more tour and it will become a chestnut. THE State fair managers are deter mined to make the largest exhibition this year over held in Nebraska. THEIIE arc a thousand women more beautiful then Mrs. Langtry , yet her beauty is the drawing card. LET it be a non-partisan school board. Politics sh6uld never interfere in the school room. ATTEND the meeting to nominate a nonpartisan - partisan school board , Thursday evening. IT deserves to bo again remarked that the Eighth street viaduct should bo built. WHEN great men die it is the miserable wood cuts that live after them. Tun sidewalks of Omaha arc in a badly dilapidated condition. FACTS ANO F1GU11ES. It Is said that 000,000 copies of "She" have been sold in this countiy. Two hundred and sixty-two pairs ol twins were born in Chicago during IStf. At the present rate of decrease the national debt will disappear lu twelve years. Fires destroy annually In this country property of the value of about 3150,000,000. In the last twelve years the United States has received -J.COO.OOO emigrants from the old world. The use of the telephone Is becoming very common In Germany. Berlin alone has 5.507 stations. The real estate sales of New York for the first four months of the year foot up In lound numbers 550.000,000. It takes the tusks of 75,000 elephants a yeav to supply the world's piano keys , billiard halls and knife handles. The United States Avenue returns show 4,033 saloons in Iowa , 1,552 in Kansas , 44G In Vermont and 1.202 .in , Maine all states In which prohibition prolUbits In theory. Statistics show thatnot over 20 per cent ol the Inmates of the Massachusetts state prison are returned to It for subsequent crimes. There are according to some French sta tistics 4b2CG-'i native French in foreign coun tries , ngainst 2,501,000 Germans , 4.200,000 Hiitlsh , 1,077.000 Italians. 497,000 lielpians , 093.000 Scandinavians , iV37,000 Austro-llun- Kaiians , 43:1,000 : Spaniards and Portuguese , 207,000.Swiss and 148.000 Russians. In France there are , on the contrary , 1,001,090 loreiuneis , of whom 211,000 tire Italians and 62,000 Gei mans. Gerinnny has but 378,702 resident foreigners , 'England 233,000 , and Italy only 00,003. f i There me considerably over 00,000 persona conllncd at ctho present timeIn prisons in the United States. This is nearly nine times the number of prlsoneis In 1850 , so that , even inakln g allowance for increase in population , crime , or at any rate nunisuniojit for crime , Is much more general now than then. Th west compares very favorably with the east In regard to the proportion of prisoners tc population , and Massachusetts seems the iixvorito home of Uie habitual criminal. In ono countv of that state one inhabitant out of every 270 is in jail. Juno. Finnic Dempster Sherman in St. Iflcliolat. O Juno I delicious month of June I When windsaud birds all sing In tune ; When In the meadows swarm the bees And hum their drowsy melodies While pillaging the buttercup , To stoie the golden honey up : O June I the mouth of bluest skies , Dear to the pilgrim bttttcrllles , Who seem gay colored loaves astray , Blown down the tides of amber day ; O June 1 the month of merry song , Of shadows brief , of sunshine long ; All things on earth love you the best , The bird who carols near his nest ; The wind tlmt wakes and , singing , blows The spicy pcrtumo ot the rose ; Aud boo , who sounds his m Hilled horn To celebrate the dewy morn ; And oven all the stats above At night are happier tor love , As if the mellow notes of mirth Weto wafted to them from the earth. U Juno I such music haunts your name ; With you the summer's chorus camel STATE AND Nebraska Jottlnns. A potato famiuo has tackled Sheridan county. Frotnonters have organized a social club and hired a hall. The Ceresco Times , by Fremau Knowles , is tno latest. The Press claims that Nebraska City is assuming metropolitan airs. The resi dents leave town to got them. Claud Smith , a Utica boy of thirteen , got tangled up in a locomotive a fen days ago , and was instantly killed. The "Black Star" of Omaha is sputter ing in the horizon of the manly art. Thi sudden retirement of the Boston bruisoi is explained. The now railroads are busy planting additions to towns in various parts of the stato. Addition , extension aud divisioi is their motto. A talented young poet is laving a rockj foundation for a fortune in Beatrice bj claiming "Melody" -deeds , mortgages and corner lots. . " ( O. B. llobbs huddledtip [ to his room mate Ed Doss , in jHjistmgs , and em braced him for $33 auu\a watch. Hobbi was rewarded with , tu'rty | days in jai and a separate cell. , { i To perfect the orthography of Quit Bohanan , spelling professor , it is liopet that Sheriff Pedler , pfjSherman county , will bo summoned to icpring the chokei at his taking oil'next foil. The Lincoln clanubake club have do cidcd to do the annual stulling act a Crete this year. The members have secured cured a full supply ufi'clustio hat bamh with the name burnt ontho : cork. A truckless box car iH the Plattsmoutl shops slipped oil' thin ja'oka and pinned i man named Fisher toitho floor. He wai pretty badly flattened , but the doctors hope to round him out with good care. A man in the western nartof the state who has been bound up in wedlock onlj five mouths , has applied fo a divorce upon the singular charge that his wifi will not trim her toonalls , which he avcn are of monstrous size. She claims u have been sufficiently paired when shi took him in. The announcement of the building ol the Omaha Southern railroad struck th < telegraph editors of the Lincoln papers ai a mistake and the title was at once changed to the "Lincoln Southern. " Lifo is so irliling at the capital that the residents periodically grab at great tlungi for a change. A fine deposit of silicate has cropped out at Beaver Crossing , Seward county It would not surprise the natives if con veins nnd oil wcljs soon appear on the sixrface. With iron mines in Nomah.i , diamond tiolds in Dhoti , coal scums in Douglas , silicate In Seward and lobby1 rents in Lancaster , the state is hustling to the front rank as a mineral producer. Ono hundred and fifty hungry commer cial drummers were given a compliment * nry banquet by the proprietor of the llostwlck hotel in Hastings , Tuesday night. It was a gay and hilarious gath ering of road nuents , but the effect on the discipline of the corps do biscuit must have been demoralizing. Over a conspicuous door in the dining-room now hangs the sign : "For G 'ssaku keep out of the kitchen ! " Speaking of the Omaha Southern the Plattsmouth Journal says : "To get out of the rut this community has been in for the past ten years , entirely subject to the whim and caprice of one railroad , the people could wull afford to give a hand some bonus to some independent road for coining through hero. That , in our 'udgmcut , would break the spell that jimls us to one corporation , and bo the means of securing other roads for almost the asking. " Hastings papers are vigorously spank ing rival towns for claiming the rank of "Third City. " "Within the past two weeks. " says the Gazette-Journal , ' Kearney , Beatrice , Grand Island , Fre mont and Nebraska City have , through their local papers , assorted that each of their respective towns was the "third city" of the state. Their claims arc boscd upon nothing more substantial than wind. " town Items. The Juno term of the supreme court of Iowa will open at DCS Moines on the 7lh. The Grand lodge of Masons of the state will moot in Davenport next Mon day.Tho The Dubuque board of trade now has 101 members , anil the canvass of the city is not over half completed. A young lady fourteen years old , six and ono-lrilf feet high and weighing 280 pounds , is a regular visitor to Modulo. Burlington has a printer , E. May , sr. , who is eighty-four years of age , has never been sick and feels as full of life to-day as he did fifty years ago. Fifty-three years of his life was spent in a printing office. C. L. Pritchard , n Dubuque manufac turer of buggy topshas neon offered $10- OOOJin cash and land valued at $10,000 if lie will remove ills works to North St. Paul , erect suitable buildings and guarantee to employ at least 100 men for the next three years. Peter Ilynn , whoso second trial for the murder of Claus Kluevcr was ended at Atlantic last Saturday , was sentenced to imprisonment for seventeen years. His original sentence was for twenty years , but as ho had already served nearly three years of the sentence Judge Loofborow made it oven seventeen years. A correspondent of the DCS Moines Leader , who has been watching the rise and fall of prohibition in Sioux Citv , de clares that , while it has diminished the sale of intoxicants , it is a mooted ques tion as to whether it has reduced drunk- cunoss. "The closing of saloons here has resulted in some ingenious and original devices to evade the law , and the modern "hole in the wall" is worthy of passing notice. Going down Fourth street and turning south on Jones the eye is at- Seated in front of the entrance is a young man wearing a heavy blonde mous tache and a slouch hat , be neath the broad brim of which his keen eyes peep out to "size up" the party that approaches , and then again indifferently wander back to the paper in his lap. The stranger , if ho fails to pass an acceptable scrutiny , on entering the room , will lind it to all intents minus both "Era beer" and a proprietor. But the man whom the vigilant sentinel ( for he is such ) deems it safe to admit will be told without questioning , "Turn to your right , " and on passing through a side door , one stops into a nail-way where , down from a curtained window comes the gaze of two dark eyes. Advancing along the hall another door is reached , but it is minus knob or latch , but just as the seeker after "Era beer" halts in un certainty , the door mysteriously opens as he steps into nn unfurnished and unoccu pied room. Passing across to a door standing partially ajar , ho enters another room , just in time to see the white- aproned barkeeper remove his hand from a wire connected with a spring lock on the outer door and this is the "modern hole in the wall , " and it effectu ally shuts out curious people and timid olhcers. Dakota. The Northern Pacific company has built extensive cattle yards at Leonard. Buffalo Gap mineral water is being shipped to eastern points for introduc tion. tion.The The two banks In Sturgis have been consolidated into a national bank with a capital of f 50,000 , and thu now bank expects to open its doors for business July 1. The sea-serpent the same gay and festive reptile with about twelve feet of his body out of water has boon seen by reputable parties at Lake Ktunpcska. The discoverers were some sober Baptist brethren who wont fishing Saturday. Sioux Falls has decided to start a sys tem of incandescent electric lights , and in addition to supplying lights the com pany will supply power to dynamo for running light machinery. It is expected to have thu system in operation by Sep tember 1. Civilization is rapidly gaining a foot hold among the cowboys and the weapons pens of early days are slowly vanishing. A Rapid City hotel clerk , who disputed with n stray calf from heifcrdom , was promptly kicked in the eye. The high kicker escaped the indignation of the crowd. Reed , the defaulting city treasurer of Bismarck , has been neard from , and hu says that every just claim which thu city may present will bo settled in full. His friends claim that bis shortage was the result of a generosity and kindness that surpassed his income. Dr. McGillicuddy is astonishing the natives at Rapid by the architectural pe culiarities of his new residence under way. It is partly described by the Re publican as follows : "Tho building is a mixture of the Gothic , Venetian , Queen Anne nnd Elizabethan styles , with a tinge of similarity to an Indian fort , in asmuch as the second story will project over the first , thus allowing the doctor ta drou stones on the beads of offensive vis itors as they knock at the front door on the lower floor. The gate posts will hu Corinthian columns with Doric sur- mountings. " _ For Chnntauqunna , All members of the Omaha C. L. S.C. arc invited to attend the next and probably the last meeting for this year , to bo held in the board of education rooms on Fri- dav evening at 8 o'clock. The programme will be as tollows : 1. The Lesson Mr. H. K. Bundy 8. "Daniel-Do Koo , the Founder of the Kngllsh Novel. " MUi Marv Fitch 3. Table Talk. "Kino tSper.iiuens of American A rchltactui u. " Miss Harvey and Mr. Seward 4. Sketch. "OliverCioldsmllh..Mr. Tinuoll 5. Analysis of "Tho Vicar of Wake- Jiold. " Miss Knima Fitch 0. KolICall. Quotations from Ooldsmlth. The summer assembly at Crete will bo discussed. in KO. MOKSMANUIXKD-Jnno 1 , Mary M. , daush- tur of Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Morsiuanclzud , aged nine years and five months. Funeral ut residence oi parents , corner of Twentv-flrst and Cats , on Friday , June 3 , at Up. in. SOLOMON'S NEW PRIEND , A Colorado Minor Oonfidoncod Out of $500 On a "Bond , " "WAIT HERE TILL I COME BACK. " Strjchnlno Narrowly Misses In Its Deadly Work Tlio Itcpuullcnn CnucuscH Hnllroml llumlilca and Personals. Not A Wise Solomon. Solomon Blanks , a miner nnd drill operator of St. Kline , ChalVeo county , Colorado , arrived in Omaha on Tuesday evening over the 11. & M. route from Denver. Ho was accompanied from Lin coln by n vorv pleasant gentleman of winning address who discovered , through hearing Ulanks talk with the conductor , that the latter intended to proceed from Omaha to St. Paul , Minnesota. Ho im mediately sought an acquaintance with Blanks and informed him that ho was A grocery merchant in St. Paul nnd had como to Omaha to purchase a quantity of goods from 1'axton i\s Gallagher's whole sale house. Whan thu unknown indi vidual discovered that Blanks swallowed this improbable story ho had no hesita tion about proceeding with his bold game. As soon as they stepped from the depot hero Wanks' now icquaintaneo pretended tended to bo in great mental distress be cause the hour was so late and he couldn't get into the bank , whore ho had expected to bo able to get $1,000 on n government bond for that amount. Ho turned to Blanks with the inquiry : "Have you got any money you could loan mo until morning ? 1 will give you this bond as security. 1 only need $400 or $500 to pay down for my goods , and then I can remit the rest from St. Paul. " Ulanks had sfSOOtunkcdnwayln a capa cious pocketbook inside his vest $500 that it iuid taken him two years to save , and with which he expected to paj * for some land near St. Paul. The now ac quaintance appeared to him to bo a nice man.anil tho$1,000government bond looked pretty to his rather unschooled eye. He had walked with the man nearly to 1'axton i\s \ Gallagher's store , and there the latter grow importunate. So ho fished out the wallet , counted out the $500 , and took the alleged bond. The now acquaintance , the instant ho received the money , ran up the steps of the building , up a stuirway , nnd disap peared. He turned as ho went out of sight nnd told Blanks to wait there until ho returned. Blanks did wait thfoo-qnar- tors of an hour. Then ho scanned the "bond. " undertook to find where his friend had gone and sought a police man , who happened to bo Oliicor Bloom. They searched together for the man , but found no trace ofnim. Ho had evidently gone upstairs one way and gone down another. The 'bond" which Blanks , received is an elaborately printed pieco'oLpaper. It appears at lir.st glance to bo a counterfeit of a government bond ; but scrutiny showeu that underneath the " $1,000' ' is printed in fine typo the words , "Silver Mining company of Den ver City , Colorado , " causing the paper to read : "The United States Silver Min ing company of Denver City , Colorado , promise to pay $1,000 , " etc. Blanks has left his case in the hands of the police , and has returned to Colorado to go at work again. ANOTIinit GAME ON TUB SAMI3 TltAIN. On the tame train which brought Blanks nnd his confidence man to Omaha was another rascal who succeeded in palming himself oil'on James Wilson , of Crete , Nub. , as a Grand Army man. Ha wore tha badge and talked war re miniscences into Wilson's oar until ho had succeeded in talking $15 out of his pocket. In view of Blanks' experience , however , Wilson is lucky. AI.COHOlj AND 8TKYCHN1NE. Jnmcs Montgomery Almost Dies From Their Effect. Officer Casey last night at 0 o'clock found n man lying on the sidewalk at the corner of Eleventh and Howard streets. He was to all appearances in a drunken stupor , and was taken to cen tral station and slated as "dead drunk. " Shortly after being locked up the man was seized with convulsions and Drs. Crewel and Ralph were sum moned. The paroxysms grew more violent and it took the united cllbrts of the physicians and twoollicerstp hold the man. Thu physicians worn of opinion that the man was suffering from strychnin n and there was also evidence of the use of intoxicants. Antidotes wore adminis tered and after an hour and a half of hard work the patient was pronounced out of dancer. From paper found upon his person it was learned that the man's name is .lames Montgomery ; that ho had worked in Elixabcthtown.N. J.Des Moines } la. , and Cincinnati , Ohio. A sworn certificate of election showed that thu man had lived hero long enough to vote , nnd that his residence was 2204 Cuming , and that he is thirty-nine years old. When the man recovered consciousness ho refused to answer any questions. AMONG THR UAILItOADS. A NEW UUN TO VANKTON. The Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul road has begun to feel that the agitation of the road between this city and Yank- ton affords an excellent opportunity to make fnonds with both ends of the pro posed rood , and has decided to give ad ditional accommodations tc its patrons bv the opening of a now line to Sioux City , Yanlcton and Dakota points. O/i the sixth of this month , Monday next , trains over this line will leave thu Coun cil Bltill's transor at lar p. m. , reaching Sioux City at 7:40 : and Yanktoii at 10.05 p. in. Passengers leaving this city should take the 1.15 p. m. dummy. Tim OMAHA UOAl ) . The Missouri river at Sioux City is slowly rising. The Chicago , St. Paul , Minneapolis & Omaha is getting its landings for its transfer steamer at that point ready for the Juno rise. Mr. E. w. Winter , general manager of the Chicago. St. Paul , Minneapolis & Omaha , with his .son and ( laughter , is now in Europe on a pleasure trip. D. J. SmallTVood. chief train dispatcher of the Nebraska division of the Omaha line , has boun suddenly culled to Worthington - ington , Minn. , by the illness of hh > wile who is visiting there. TIIK NOK'IHIVKSTIilt : ; & KI.KHOKN. The 1,000 mile book * go on talc to-day. They are good in Nebraska and on the Chicago nnd Northwestern. A ticket i.s being prepared which will cover the whole system of the Northwestern road including the Elkhorn lines to the Wy oming boundary linn. TIIK I'NION PACIFIC. General Manager Potter is expected on Saturday. General Superintendent Dickinson will return to-morrow. Thu road is doing an increased freight business from far western Nebraska towns , where two years ago only thu festive jack rabbit and the stiU'-l'jggud antelopu registered as voters. Cruelty to Animal * . Officer Clark is attending to business in a lively manner although his ankle is sprained. Yesterday he was looking for a man naniod John I'.iibh , a horsctradcr who. it is said , allowed a horsu to starve to death near the corner of Thirty-third and Lcavcnworth streets. Mr. S. 1 * . Mor u made a coiaplamt that n man was using a club to compel teams - td pull wheeled scrnporson Loavcnworth trcot whore grading is being done. Olll- cor Clark inum-dlatoly started for the of fenders , but they had disappeared before lip got there. rrank Thomas wns admonished In very torso language about cruelty to a dog. It is very evident that the humane sooiety is determined to hare its mission f nllilled. SCHOOL nOAUD OAUOUSK8 , Meeting of llcpu 1)1 lean * In the Several \Vnrdi tinst Kronlnir. The republicans of several wards held meetings last evening , of which the folj lowing proceedings wore reported : Pint Ward. The citizens of the First ward mot in caucus at the Union Pacific hotel , on Tenth street. The following delegates wore chosen : Charles M. Connoyer , Patrick Desmond , Thomas Casey , Albert Schall , Charles Brandeis , William II. Spalding and Owen Slnvln. 8e onrt Wnrd. The following delegates were chosen in the Second ward : Fred BoolnnFrank Dworach , Daniel O'Kcofo , S. J. Brodor- ick , Dan Shelly and John Boyd. Seventh Wnrd. The Seventh ward republicans met lasi night at the lianscom Park house and hcfeetcd Paul Vandervoort , J. T. Bull , Louis Potursen , John McDonald , J. M. Hetisel , John C. Meyers and L. H. Brad ley as convention delegates to bo voted for at 1'riday'H primaries. The mooting also elected N. C. Bull clerk , NV. . Nel son judge , and C. L. Thomas inspector of the primary election. I'ollco Cnutt Calouiinr. Offenders against the peace and good conduct of the city Voro given the fol lowing sentences yeMordny : U.S. Kane , disturbance , $7.50 fine ; Dan Sweeney , beating his wife , $13.50 ; Jim Sullivan , $50 and costs ; Jno. Burke , ? , ' 0 and cosUs ; Ed SiXtnnion , twenty-live days in jail for vyfl pockut-piektng : George Jones and Harry t llaiidall , lighting , $7.f > 0 each. City Council. The city qouncll hold an adjourned meeting last evening. Numerous ordin ances were introduced and several passed. Among the latter was one call ing for a special election on June ID , when a proposition will bo submitted to the electors of the city to grant the Met ropolitan Cable Railway company a fran chise. I'oraoiial I'nrnjtrnplis. Dr. A. L. Root , of Weeping Water , was in the city yesterday. \V. J. Carter , formerly in the Republi can business department , has opened an t ' o111co us an expert accountant in the ) > chamber of commerce office. Robert D. Lomax. representing the vd well known John A. Lomax consolidated bottling company of Chicago , is in the city today. Mr. Loniax is a genial busi ness man , and those who havu met him here all agree that he is a good man in the midst of good men. A White Woman Out of I'lnoe. Macou Telegraph : Out of 1,500 con victs , white and black , in the Georgia penitentiary , there is only one white woman , Isabella Rooney , sent up for life from Clay county. She is a youne woman , about twenty-two years old , and is confined at the Chattahoocho camps. The crime for which this woman is serv ing out sentence grow out of a dillioulty between her family and a neighbor's , in \vhichthcniomLorsof each joined pro miscuously. The scrimmage resulted in the murder of one of their neighbors. This woman's brother has since expiated the crime on the gallows , and her iiother has died in jail. It is thought by many that there tins been sulliciont punishment for the crime , and that thu woman ought to bo pardoned. A movement has been instituted to make n strong appeal to the governor for executive clemency. The people in Bronson , Mich. , draped the lamp posts in mourning the other nightand suspended paper lanterns from them , because the village authorities pay they are too poor to furnish street lights. DRPR1CES SPECIAL NATURAL rfi T FLAVORS MOST PERFECT MADE Used bjr the United States Government. Endorsed bv the heada o ( the Great Univoreltlo * nd Public i'ond AnalystsaaTho 8tronBOBtPureat , and iiiustlloaHIiful. lit. 1'rtcu'i the only Waking Cowder that doca not contain Ammonia , Lima or , Wim. Ur. 1'rlco's Kitraota. Vanilla , Lnmon , etc. > ordellclou9ly. PKICKI1AKINU POWUKKCO. THE PERFECT Self Revolvio ! Ctiiirn Dasher Quickest Selling Article Ever Invented , fJiJCK 01' DASHER , $1.25 Needs no talking , but roallr li th PreUloii Showln ; I" Article on the Market. I"I' OMAHA , Neb. , April 28 , ItjST. Thin is to certify that we , the underpinned , have thi * day witnessed a churning by ' 'The Perfect Self Revolving Churn Dashers , " whicli resulted in producing ! lt , pounds of first claiB Imttcr from one gallon of cream in just one minute and fifteen seconds. W. U Wrlyht. proprietor "Oraah. Dnlrri" O.1. . Wheeler , m nn < nr "ORiahn Diilrri" I'mil H.THe , Morclmnts' NaUoiml ll iik ; A. l > . Tnuc. illn , Nnhniik * National Mink ! I'fif. ( J or n H. tlnibluirn. propr'Mnr "Omahu Iliuloosi Oolluje ; ' ' Prof. U J. Ill iVe. touch' erurtiliurthand , , | Htrrj UlrrUm , "lle " Will J. ttobbi. U. It. A t jKuM"wiiri : < i. VninkK. reen."U rjU" Ur. J.W. Search. Dr. J. w. Drtnrt. ] > r , f , M. U. llUrl. Dr. llainllliinVurren. . R. It. llnH.roiilaUiitA , J. W , Itiinfri.rnil oiwte Jnhnltuilit.jewcliir. Chrlilirir. lurnlturo. State anil Comity Jtlultta for Sale , ' . < mil Surprise You. AG-ENTS WANTED. Call or write to us at once. Qu ckalci and large profit' . Very truly , J. W. ft A. PorifAM , Prop' * . Itognl Cruju Uljck. N.IGia , § LOm ba..Se *