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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : JTOESDAY. JUNE ? 21. 1887. THE DAILY BEE ; PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OT Dillr ( Mornl/i ? Kdltlqn ) Including Sunday IlRK , Onn Year . tlOCKl ForSIx Months . fi ( < 0 VorThrno Months . 3W The Omalm Sunday HKE , mulled to any , Uuo Venr. . . . 200 OMAHA Ornrr , No. Pll * vn Pl FAHVAM ? Tntrr. NEW voitK orritic , lt oy i.l , TKIIHINK WASIIINUrUM UrriCZ , NO. All cointnunlaitiom rclutlntf to news and edi torial mnllur should bo addressed lo the Km- roil or TIIU UKR. l Ini'lncvi letters nndroinlttanccciOiouM booMed oMod to TIIK IIEB runusniMi Coui-ANr , OMAHA , Drafts , chocks and po'lnfllco orders to bo madn payable to the ordtr of the conipuuy , IDE BEE POBLISBlSliPJIHr , PROPRIETORS , E. noSEWATEU. EniTon. THE DAI1/V BELJ. Sworn Statement of Circulation. State of Nebraska , 1 . , Doudas. " B > County of f ( Jco. 1J. Tzschuctt , secretary of The Heo Publishing company , docs solemnly swear that thu actual circulation of thu Dally Hen for the week ending Juno 17 , ISbT , was as follows : Haturdav.,1unu 11 . H.0 Hutidav. June 13 . 14.200 Monday , June 1 . U.on Tuesday , Juno 14 . 11,01" , Wednesday , Juno 15 . Wav ) Thursday , Juno 10 . . . 1-1,050 FrldayJunel7 . .H.Qg. 11.101 t5io : 11. TZ&CIIUOK. Subscribed and sworn to beforu mo this 'JOlhday of Juno , lb ! > 7. N. P. Fmr. , ( SEAL. ) Notary Public. Gco. U. T/.schuck , being first duly sworn , deposes nnd hays that ho is secretary of The lice Publishing company , that the actual average dally circulation of the Dally lice for the month of lor June. 1BW > , 12.293 copies ; lor July , 1SSO , 1214 ? copies ; for August , IbSfl , 12,104 copies : for Septem ber , ItWi. I3c : conies ; for October , 1SSO , 12tfe9 copies ; for November. ISfeO , 13\W \ roplcs ; for December , IHSfi. la.iSiT copies ; for January 18H7 , 10,200 copies ; for February. lb.17 , 14,103 copies ; for March. 18b7 , 11,400 copies ; for April , 18S7 , 14'HO , copies ; for May , 1B 7 , 14,227 copies. Ono. fi. Tzsciiunr. Subscribed and sworn to before mo this 4th day of Juno A. ! > . , 1W7. ( SEAL. | N. P. Fmr , , Notary Public. Tim question now is will the council pass the illegal police ordinance over the mayor's vetoT MAXAVELL , nlias Prolior , murderer of Drooks , is to be hanged , lie might as well pack his trunk again. UNDER the now law passed by the Missouri legislature , Kansas city has no bucket-shops. There is yet n chance for the reckless speculator to invest in town lota. GOVERNOR HILL says his favorite way of spending a summer's evening is to loan back in n chair on the pla/.za "and rolled. " Grovcr Cleveland has doubtless - loss found the same employment the last few days. IT has been made n part of the Illinois railway commission's duty to examine bridges. The bridges will perhaps bo examined like complaints are heard by thu Nubrtiska commission. That is to ride through the country at thirty miles per hour , look out the car window oc- .casioually and report that "all scum satisfied , " . AN Iowa man has recently shipped 300,000 young pine trees from lilack Ilivor Falls , \V'Js. , to Iowa , to bo trans planted. It is said that ho has made n shipment nearly every year for the last thirty years , and claims that his experi ence is that these trees are the most thrifty and hardy , nnd make the best wind breaks of any tree that has yet been tried on the Iowa prairies. The Wiscon sin pine tree might also prove thrifty in this state. FOLLOWINO the masons of St. Louis the Dakota Grand Lodge of Masons re cently passed "tho following resolution- "That no person who is engaged in the business of keeping a saloon or engage ! in the business of retailing intoxicating liquors to be used as a beverage shall bo initiated in any subordinate lodge in this jurisdiction , nor shall any brother Mason who is engaged in such business be re > coivcd iu any lodge by alliliation. " Other lodges' of the great order will pass similar resolutions. IK his speech in defense of the Chicago boodlers , who were found guilty , Satur day , Luther Lallin Mills said of one's character : "Character is the great fact of human life or the individual lives of human men. It Is not the creature of a moment ; it is not the product of any occasion or event. It is a fabric built up by n lifetime of toil nnd conduct. It is not shaped by others ; not even parents in one's childhood can mold it to perfec tion. It is the ripe product of time. It is made by years. The good opinions of mankind come only us they are earned by Industry and honest lite. " GA.TH , iu the Cincinnati Jtnquircr says , in reviewing the diilurent U. S , sunators : "Van Wyok is an eccentric man , who goes oft'at n tangent. He has Inde pendence of character which is apt to be exorcised when his personal feelings are rasped , making animosities with dili gence , tiis animosities boat him for re-election. " If the combined strength of till railroad corpora tions , the allied forces of all the jobbers comprising the elements op posed to honesty niul fearlessness to gether with the heartless betrayal of men elected anil instructed ns Van \Vyck men , bo "animosities , " then Gath is cor rect. Otherwise hu is wrong. THE weather conditions generally ol the nast week were favorable to the ma turing crops , as well ns to the work ol gathering the harvest m those sections where it has ripuncd. An improvement over the previous week is almost univer sally reported , the principal exception being Kansas , where the damage from unfavorable weather and the ravages ol insects has been so serious that a short crop is inevitable. In Nebraska there was an abundant rainfall , and the indications are that the yield will bo tit least 00 pur cent , and may bo higher than that. The outlook for Iowa is favorable , though the * counties from which report * have boon received do not place the average above 84 percent. There are some contingen cies yet to bu apprehended , and It is quite possible that the bountiful results prom ised by present indications may tint be fully realized , but there is extremely little probability that the crop will not be ample , assuring ull that this country will need.and a considerable quantity tc spare , An Active Competitor. The movements of the Canadian Pacific railroad , which for some llmo have been marked by great vigor and enterprise , arc a source of much Interest and concern to American railroads with which the Canadian corporation will challenge competition. Indeed they have an oven more cxtcntendud interest than this as n San Francisco contemporary forcibly points out. Referring to the recent ar- Iviil of the steamship Aby.ssmnln at Van- : ouvcr , that paper remarks that the event ncans that the Canadian Pacific Is in arncst , and that if San Francisco wants o protect its Asiatic trade it must begin o bestir itcolf. It will not do , it says , to oiplsn this now northern competitor , 'ort Moody has n good harbor , and it is : o miles nearer Yokohama than San Vancisco. It has two governments ichind It. Political as well ns oinincrclal considerations are involved n its struggle for trade. If it can make tsolf the Pacific landing place for the rade of Asia with Great Britain , says our contemporary , a point will bo scored n favor of the maintenance of the colo- linl connection , nnd simultaneously n > low will bo struck at the supremacy of San Francisco. Ono of the apprehended dangers from .he threatened diversion of trade Is its possible bearing on the reopening of the coolie trade. A considerable opposition las been developed in the Canadian par- lament to the exclusion act , nnd it is a not improbable supposition that this hos- ility may have been started now with a Mow to future action for the repeal of he act should the interests of the Cana- lian Pacific steamship company require t. With permission given to this com pany to bring over Chinamen , it would undoubtedly soon have full control of hat trade , to the material loss of the American lines from San Francisco. Furthermore , if Chinamen are brought , o Canada , where there is no demand 'or ' them , they will certainly find their ivay into the United States , unless still nore stringent laws are made for their exclusion , and thtu there would bu another influx of tlicso people to this country while the charge for bringing them hero would all go into foreign pockets. Such a prospect is certainly not to bo viewed with cntiro compla cency , and" our San Francisco contem porary does well to sound the alarm. But it would have done still better if it lad suggested some adequate means of mooting the threatened exigency. The obvious fact is that if wo arc less liberal and less enterprising than our com petitor we shall bo beaten iu the contest , and it remains to be seen what the representatives of California in congress and its capitalists interested m the steamship lines are willing to do to meet the impending difficulty. Canada will probably have no sentiment iu the matter. Whatever is done will un doubtedly bo in strictly practical lines. It will bo necessary , therefore , to meet them in a practical way. Being first in wo ought to have the advantage of the situation. The Week of Jubilee. Fifty years ago to-day Victoria was proclaimed queen of England under the title of Alexandrina Victoria L , Uio first name , conferred upon her by her Russian godfather , having been subsequently dropped , she preferring simply "Victoria. " The jubilee to celebrate the semi-centennial of this event , for which preparations have been in progress for months past , was formally inaugurated yesterday. But the crowning and cli- inactcrio act in this notable national comedy , to which all Europe has con tributed royal countenance and sub stantial evidences of sympathy , will bo performed to-day. Unquestionably the occasion will bo ono of tnu most memor able in the history or experience of England , Three other English sovereigns reigned fifty years Henry 111. , Edward III. and George III. but those events wcro honored by no such consideration as will bestowed , upon the soini-contonnial of thu reign of Victoria. Probably nevur before , at any ono time , has there been on English soil so numerous a body of the representatives of royalty as are at present in London to-day. All the great monarchial powers have their royal dele gates , as have also those of loss rank among the nations , while almos 1 every ruler , great and little , has sent a gift as assurance of symathy with the occasion. There will bo such pageantry , pomp and circumstance in London to-day as the great metropolis has never before scon excelled , if equalled. The loyal masses will testify their devotion with all tlio hearty y.eal and enthusiasm of which Englishmen are capable , and when to night Victoria , queen and empress , retires - tires from the scone of royal pageantry anil public hilarity she will doubtless have cause to feel that the loyal enthusi asm which greeted her lifty years ago has descended to the present time , and that she possesses at sixty-eight as much of the respect and affection of her people as was showered on her at eighteen. But there will bu manifestations of discontent and displeasure , which the pomp and glamour of her majesty's environment will not permit her to sou. The Victorian era , as it will bo known in English history , 1ms certainly been a remarKable ono. It has been prolific of achievements in the march of thu world's progress unequalled in any other similar period in thu history of mankind. In the great umpire ovur which she rules it has witnessed many political changes , many domestic conllictsmany events that men aced the security and strength of the em pire , but , through all , the nation has passed to greater power and advantages , and ia stronger and safer to-day than over before. During this eventful reign , Victoria has seen seventeen ministries rise and fullwith such statesmen at their head as Robert Peel , Russell , Derby , I'al- merston , Disraeli and Gladstone men prominent among the greatest political leaders England ever pro duced. There have boon serious international complications and several foreign wans , but they have almost with out exception resulted without disadvan tage , if not to thu positive benefit , of the British empire. In the amelioration of the condition of the people , which wai deplorably led bad at the time Victoria jueeude.d the throne , In thu growth ot educational agencies , and in the increase of all thu insirumcntiilhiiis winch con tribute to the vrolfaro and euro of the people , England during this uni has ad vanced greatly. To fully appreciate how great this progress has been , can bo done only by comparing ; the facts as they exist to day with those of half a century ago. It is perhaps needless to s.iy thnt with the creation , control and result * of these events Victoria had personally , or In her sovereign capacity , not very much more to do than somu of tlio unknown officials iu the departments of the government , who follow the orders of tlio.mlnlslors. England has had sev enteen administrations during her reign , and tlio ministries that represented these wcro indeed of her creation ; but having been created , the queen was thereafter little better than a figure-head in the government. There are certain matters winch require the assent of the sovereign eign , but It is the ministry that shapes thu national policy and directs the ad ministration of affairs , as the represent atives of the majority party in the par liament. There was a time whun the will and inlluuiico of tlio sovereign was felt in all thu all'.iirs of government , but Victoria was not glftud with a talent for afl'airs of state , and it is doubtless better tor herself and the nation that she has none of the characteristics in this regard of Elizabeth , of Anne , or of Mary of Orange. If history cannot accord her fame for the possession of great administrative ability , it can at least credit her with the wisdom of not having greatly concerned herself with affairs about which she knew little and was perhaps incapable of fully com prehending. Thu accession of Victoria was the opportunity of constitutional government , and it is hardly possible that the English nation will over again tolerate a personal government. \ right understanding of this would servo to lessen the hostile fueling of a very considerable number of people re garding the jubilee , which is rc.illy more n honor of the woman than the queen. There are ardent loyalists in 'England still who venerate sovereignty , but thu great body of thu people have liltlu res pect for it. Victoria the woman , how ever , is not unworthy of poptt- ar honor , for while she has some inherited faults that have militated against her usefulness and lier popularity , she also has merits and nrtucs that commend her to regard. These impartial history will surely re cord to her credit , whatever contempor ary judgment may bo. But there are many thousands of people in Great Britain who will havu no sympathy with this occasion , and who will find good reason in thoTf political or social condi tion to heap imprecations upon all who are identified with it. Who shall say that they have not justification for this ? So far as the American people are concerned , the jubilee can have only the passing in- terust for them of any unusual and not able social event of European happen ings. Ijand Alarks Dlsnppenrlnc. According to the Denver papers , the great cattle ranges of Colorado have al most disappeared , and cattle growing on the rancro in Colorado will by another season bo a thing of the past. The annual round-up of the year will probably bo the last occurrence of the kind in that state. As to its effect on cattle growing , n paper there says that it docs not mean that Colorado will produce any less cattle than before , but more. They will bo grown and brought to a higher grade on smaller ranches or sfock larms , where their ranges will bo limited , where they will bo herded or fenced in , nnd where they will be fed in the corral m the winter , instead of being allowed to freeze and starve on the fatorm-swept plains. To those who are familiar with the cattle industry of Colorado , this informa tion regarding the disappearance of cattle ranges will bo a surprise. During the last ton years many men have engaged iu raising cattle on the ranges , and thousands of dollars have been invested in ranches for no other purpose. Yet it all will tend to assist Colorado in her settlement and development. The cowboy and the ranchman will give way and surrender the largo tracts of land for the farmer who will till the soil and be come citizens of ono of the rapidly grow ing states of the west. The hand of set tlement is laying its magic fingers upon what was a few years ago a wilderness thu waste is transformed into a landscape of bearing orchards and fruitful fields. Weed Out AVortlilcss Toaclierp. The board of education is about to elect teachers for the coming year. It is to bo hoped the board will inaugurate a now departure by solectingonly the most com petent and clnciont teachers , and requir ing every teacher promoted from a lower to a higher grade to stand an examina tion for that gradu and procure a certifi cate of competency. The board should also insist that the su perintendent shall make a written rccom- rocndation'for every teacher re-employed for the coming year. The superintendent should certainly have personal knowlcge of the qualifications and relative capacity of every teacher now employed and ho should know which of them have proven themselves worthy of promotion or re tention. The responsibility for efficient work must be placed upon the shoulders of the superintendent , and his recom mendations should bu respected. On the other hand the superintendent should not allow himself to bo swerved from the discharge of his duty by fear or favor. Incompetent teachers and useless barnacles should bo weeded out and com petent teachers disqualified by bad tem per or physical disability should not bo retained. It is not merely a reckless waste of money to employ such teachers , but it is u crime against tlio rising generation of men and women whoso educational training is cntrustot to teachers in our ptibliu schools. Cheaper fjns. Complaint is made that the restrictions wli.ch the council has incorporated into the franchise recently granted to the Kansas & Nebraska gas company wil prevent capitalists from investing iu tluv enterprise and leave the city at the mercy of the gas monopoly. That depends on the council nnd also on public opinion The now pas company may not aval itself of thn restricted franchise which the council has granted , but that does not necessarily deprive this citj of the benoiits of choapur gas If the present gas rates are exorbltan the council has a right to reduce th em The charter expressly gives the mayor and council power to regulate gas rates and it is manifestly the duty of the'coun oil to exercise this power from time to time. The cost of manufacturing gas depends hir ely on thn quantity con sumed. If the consumption at Omaha warrants a mutuiial reduction in g ! rate * the couucll should ordain it. Tha old gas company can certainly afford to supply gas as1 cheaply as any competing company wlucli , at best wpuld divldo latronago and profits with It and by re- luclng consumption would impair the ability of the did'company to make re ductions which It could otherwise afford to make. WIIKN the owners of property asked to liayo Shot man avenue paved with cedar blocks , they had no idea that they were converting their beautiful street Into a race track , nnd rendering It a dangerous .horoughfaro for their wives and chil dren. Every evening the street is filled with single nnd double teams driving at the lop of their horses speed , often regu lar races , and at all times made danger ous for family teams an d pedestrians. Mayor Broach should station a force of policeman on this street north of I/.ard , with instructions to arrest all who are driving faster than six miles i > or hour. Safety to thosu who are necessarily forced to use the strrct , and honest deal ing with property owners , who paid their part of the cost of paving , demand such protection from fast men and sporting women who have no regard for the rights of decent people. Wo hope the police will bo instructed to put a stop to this abuse. TIIEIJK ia no apparent falling off in the trade movement of the country as indi cated by the weekly bank clearances. These are remarkably well maintained for this season of the year , and what Is liartictilarly noticeable in the record is the facl that with the exception of a single city there was an increase last week as compared with the corrcs pending ing week of last year. It is also to bo noted that in the percentage of increase Omaha is largrly in advance of any other city. The present condition of the money market is favorable , nnd the im mediate outlook presents no cause for apprehension. What the situation may be later on , when the crop movement is in full course , cannot bo certainly de termined at this distance. Tiuiu : < : is a deep-seated feeling in this community that the warfare waged against Chief Seavey was not a mere per sonal vendetta. The general and well founded opinion is that the opposition has been inspired by the outlaw elements which have been plotting and scheming for months lo control our police under the new dispensation. THAT close corporation known as the board of commissioners of Douglas county has not published a report of its proceedings for eighteen months or two years. During that period the commis sioners have disbursed between four and five hundred th'olisand dollars without letting the la'x'payers ' know where a single dollar wont to. Tin : agony is over. Tlio oil inspector has been appointed , and the applicants with their num'eptibly signed petitions are left without a commission. Hon. Smith T. Caldwell , of Nuckolls county , was the choice of Governor Thayor. The governor says he was his personal choice , had not solicitcdlt , and no one had ) rec ommended him. TUB New Yorlcboodlcrs are in the pen itentiary. The Chicago boodlurs have been convicted and will soon be dressing stone at Joliot. Omaha boodlors are still at largo but the chances are that some of them will wear a zebra suit within the next six months. It is m the air. The boodler must go. liooDi.icits , drunken bummers and lazy roustabouts must not bo made inspectors specters of public works. Sl'ATE AX I ) Nebraska Jottings. Chadron wants a $30.000 court house. The Wayne creamery packs 500 pounds of butter per day. Fremont claims a population of 8,000 and a flattering foreground. The school board of Papillion has raised the wages of teachers $10 a month. Cocktail blushes are increasing with the capacity of the distillery in Nebraska City. Pierce county is discussing ways and means to raise $20,000 to build : i court house. The contract for the Methodist univer sity at Lincoln has been let. The price is $09,000. Broken Bow proposes. to paralv/.o di vision schemers by investing $20,000 in u county court house. Charlie Swedenburg , a useless young scamp , is recuperating in thu Norfolk jail from the effects ot stealing $52 from his mother. Plattsmcuth has tackled the paving question in a business way. A proposi tion to issue $10,000 iu bonds will be voted on July 25 , The Pacific hose team of Grand Island , champions of the state , propose to go to the Kearney tournament and make a long haul on the prize purses. A band of ox-hair litters will exhibit themselves to pilgrim settlers and sam ple Hay Springs lire water on the Fourth. An extra supply of snako-bitu will bo im ported tor tlio occasion. Mrs. Shellenbergcr , the fiendish woman who helped lo murder her own child in Otoo county , wisely chose Lincoln for her tussle with the blind goddess. The bout resulted in a paitial victory. The next round will result in thu death of the J ) . g. The Lincoln maiden is a born 'Consumptive. lotyi , Items. Fort Dodge is ni'-gotiating for a watch factory employing , yUO bauds. J. V. March , of Webster City , dropped a full hand in a com shelter. The roller mill stt Alton , rebuilt at a cost of fJO.OOO , isViffiiiu grinding. A young man named Cliurlos J. Valin , Swede , was drowned in the Little Sioux , near Cherokee , Thursday evening. Thu remains were recovered Friday morning. The coal prospectors at Anita , in Cuss county , have drillc'i ' through an immense stratum of slate and other material -150 feet , and are nowigoing through rock with iron pyritestutit have seen no sign of coal. j P Burlington business men are forming a stock company with $15,000 capital , shares of if 10 each , to bore for gas and water. Work will begin when $12,000 is subscribed und $0,000 paid in. While the officers were in the basement of Lang's Muscalino brewery in search of beer , the lights were suddenly extin guished and the hose turned upon thu bewildered "minions of the law. " The drinks in the establishment wore more mixed than was anticipated. Dakota. Buffalo Gap can now bo painted rod at a trifling cost. A mine of rod paint lias been discovered near the city. The Harnuy Peak company has pur chased the . Excelsior group of tin mines for $14,000. The thermometer indicated 100 in the kudu at Pierre Wednesday , and the ground is fretting so dry that fears are entertained for the wheat crop. Iti \ announced that nn experimental bore mode in the earth within four miles of Picrro struck a deposit of natural gas. nnd that a largo llo-.v has been secured. Last Wednesday at wonty-nound pulley fell from a derrick In Yankton and struck John Suvorson , the artesian well contractor , on the head. The skull was crushed , yet the doctors say the patient will recover. _ AN EDITOR'S ADVENTURE. Thrilling Hccltnl of n Dnkotu Journal- l t A Klval'H Version. W o aroglnd to state that wo have again heard from our old friend thu editor of The Harney Hooter. It Is sad to notice that he is again in trouble. In thu last issue of Thu Hooter ho says : "The editor ot.this paper is again the victim of a vile conspiracy ; this time on the part of a bloated and arrogant cor poration. "Thursday night wo wore returning home from meeting some friends at thu Two Orphans saloon and had crossed thu railroad track just before tiio 3 o'clock a. m freight train came along. Wu had proceeded about a block before the en gine reached the crossing. When it came to that , instead of going on to thu depot , as , is , of course , thu usual custom , it suddenly jumped the track and came af ter us with a terrible shriek of its whistlu and an unearthly clanging of thu bell. "Wo immediately struck up Pacific avenue , not , of course wishing to come into u hand-to-hand conflict witli a loco motive , only glancing over our shoulder long enough to observe that thu head light was magnified to four times its usual brilliancy and that it was Hashing and going out witli terrible rapidity , ' wlnlo'tho engine was bounding up and down along tnu rough street and milking vigorous leaps at us. Wo suppose thu record made going up that street has never been beat west of the Missouri river. We tore along without stopping to breathe , but thu engine steadily gained gained on us and shrieked and snorted witli hideous intensity , and It seemed us if it must overtake us every moment and crash us under its iron wheels. "Thu headlight , from somu unacount- able reason , would Hash with dazzling brilliancy and then ire out and leave everything in utter darkness. The sick ening shrieking of the whistle , the snort of the e.scapiug steam , and the crash and roar of the long train of freight cars as they were dragged along the street made the very blood run cold in our veins. "Suddenly , during one of the terrible Hashes , wo saw the fireman crawl ba K and uncouple thu cars. The engine leaded forward with now life , and wo instantly snw wo could never reach home , so dodged into an alley and crawled under Nick Boswell's livery barn. We could planly hear the loco motive prowling around till nearly sun rise , hissing ana roaring and trying to duvisu somu means for getting at us. But we had outwitted it. Friends ruscued us later in the day. "We denounce the action of the rail road company in thus allowing its prop- city and employes to hunt harmless and private citi/.cns , as if they were wild beasts , in the strongest terms , and will sco that it is called to account. In this connection we also wish to brand the cowardly statements made in yesterday's Howler as vile and unprincipled lies. The account of thu affair published in that contemptible opposition sheet is so ridiculous and obviously false iu every particular that wo print it below entire , that our readers may see the utter ab surdity of what the poor , driveling ga loot say.s. Here it is : " 'The cil'uens of Harnoy wcro awak ened at an early hour this morning by the demoniacal cries of an individual who proved to be none other than the editor of our esteemed conlemtorary , The Howler. It seems that he had been in attendance at the opening of the Two Orphans saloon , and tiiu usual free drinks hud been too much for him. Just after he crossed the railroad track u lirc-lly How out from some bushes and came to ward him , nnd ho mistaking it for the headlight of a locomotive , rushed up the street splitting the air of night with dis gusting howls for mercy. Ho finally crawled under n livery barn , and was pulled out about noon by the legs. How much longer are our people going lo allow this low-lived , drunken body- snatcher to exist ? " AN IRISH FISHING STORY. What the Itai'onest ) Uimlett-Coutts lias Accntiipllsm'il. New York Tribune : The Baroness Burdott-Coutts has added another item to the long cataloguu of her good deeds. She has placed a large sum of money within the reach ot the fisherman of Donegal , on the northeast coast of Ire land. It is in thu hands of local trustees , headed by a Roman Catholic priest , who will distribute it to the fisherman in such sums us they may need to procure boats and nets and other requirements. No usury will be demanded , but the money will bo repaid to the trustees in easy in stallments , and by thorn returned to thu Baroness Burdutt-Coutts when its mis sion ot aid is ended. Tims it is not an alms , given as to paupers , but that most useful of nil benefactions , a help to siilf- helpfulness. It will enable many men now destitute to engage in a profitable business and through them largely con tribute to the establishment of industrial prosperity throughout u large portion of the island. . As the chief agent of the Haroncss Bur- dutt-Coutts in this work is a Roman Cath olic priest , it is interesting to recall that the pioneer of modern Irish fishermen was a clergyman of the Established ( Pro testant ) church. Nearly a generation has now passed since Rev. Mr. Sinir , of County Wieklow , at his own expense , labor , nnd peril , introduced trawl- fishing at the Isles of Arran in Galway bay. Up to that time the waters of the Irish coast had been profitably fished by almost qvoryono bin thu Irish themselves. The fishermen of England , Scotland , nnd Wales had amassed fortunes there , nnd even somu France nnd thu jew countries were glad to pay for thu privilege ot cast ing nets in thosu teeming seas. But the Irish , unable lo procure seairoing boats nnd nets , could only fish along shore and from their wretched skiffs , with hook and line. Mr. Slug determine , ! to bring about a chtiugu. So hu bought a largu yacht , thu Guorgiana , equipped her with nets and other appliances for trawl-fishing , manned her with a stout cruw , and began operations at tlio Isles of Arran. The Claddagh fishermen , with their trumpery hooks and lines , did not take kindly to this innovation. They even made an attack in force , intending to kill the captain nnd crew and destroy tlio yacht. In this they wore happily de feated by a breeze which just in tlio nick of time sprang up and bore the yacht du- yond their roach , Mr. Sing persevered. Ho caught fish iu abundance , shipped it by rail to Dublin , and thence to Liver pool , where he found a ready market and thus established a handsomely paying in dustry. To follow this example has of coursu been impossible to the nvoragu Irish fish erman , simply through lack of means to procure the needed outfit. Now and then it has been proposed that thu British gov ernment should advance the funds in the form of loans. Hut English apathy to ward Irish interests , and the rival inter cuts of English fishermen , have served to defeat such projects. Private benefac tions have done something , however. A few vears ago the Maroncss Burdett- Coults aided the fishermen of the Cork coast in a way like that described above. The result has been thn building of a val uable Irish fishing fleet at Baltimore , and not a single default in repaying the loans. Thoru is every rca-son therefore to hope that her similar venture in behalf of the Donegal fisherman will be cvuwned with similar success. RELIEF FOR THE SETTLERS , The Law Appropriating $250,000 for tlio Reimbursement of Kifovnl Bottlers , THE FORMS AND INSTRUCTIONS. How Tlioso Who l-'nlloil to Secure Title to "Knevnl Ijiuiil" In tlio 1'iibllc noinnlii Slay bo Kelmliiii-soil. WASHINGTON' , Juno 11. To the Editor of thu BKI : : On tlio 3d of March , 1837 , congress passed , and thu president ap proved , an act for the relief of settlor. * and purchasers of lands on the public do main , in the states of Nebraska and Kan- sun. This act was passed for the relief of those who had settled upon or pur chased tvhut are known ns the Knevnl lauds. Tor the purpose of refunding to them the expenses incident to thu failure of their titles derived from the govern ment , the bill appropriates the hum of $250,000. After the passage of the bill , and before my departure from Washing ton for my homo , 1 frequently called ac thu interior department and urged .that thu blank forms and instructions needed for the relief provided in the bill should bo speedily prepared. There has been much delay in the matter , but I am pleased to say that , in calling upon thu interior department this morning , 1 re ceived the circular of instructions. It is of such great importance to a large num ber of the citi/ens of Nebraska , that I ask you to publish it , in connection with this letter. If the claimants under the lull will follow thu instructions provided carefully , there is no reason why they should not bo given speedy relief , and tlie reimbursement of the moneys paid by them. AH applications should bu ad dressed and mailed to Hon. L. Q. C. Lamar - mar , secretary of the in terior , Washing ton , D. C. I am assured by the secretary that the work of reimbursement pro vided for in the bill shall bu expedited as rapidly as thu force of clerks in the gen eral laud ollicu will permit. Truly yours , CiiAiiis : : F. MAKUKUSON. CIUCtn.AH. WASHINGTON , D. C. . April GO , 1887. Dni'AltTMIINT OP TUB iNTKUIOIt.GKNKUAI , LAND OTKICK To Registers and Receiv ers Gentlemen : Your attention is called to the following provision of the act of congress approved March ! ki , 1887 , en titled "An act for the relief of settlers and purchasers of lands on thu public domain in the states of Nebraska and Kansas : " Bo It enacted by the house of representa tives of tlio United States of America In coturess assembled , ' 1 hat for thu purpose ot reimbursing persons and the grantees , heirs , and devisees of persons , who , under the homestead , pre-emption , or other laws , set tled upon or purchased lands within the grants made by tin act entitled "An act for a Kraut ot lauds to tha state of Kansas to aid In the construction of the Northern Kansas railroad anil telegraph , " approved July 2.3 , 1SSO. and to whom patents have been issued therefor , but against which persons or their grantees , heirs , or devisees , decrees have been or may have hoieatter bo rendered by thu United States circuit cotnt on account of thu priority of said grant made in the act abe vo entitled , thu sum o S250.000 , or .so much thereof as shall bo required for said purpose , Is hereby appropriated : Provided , however , That no part of said bum shall bo paid to any ono of said parties until hu shall have hied with the secretaiy of the Interior a copy ot said decree , duly certified and also a certificate of the juduo of said court tender ing the same to the effect that Mich a dccicu wu& rendered in bona lido controversy bu- twecn a plaintiff showing title under the Kraut made In said act and defendant holding - ing thu patent or holding by deed under the patentee , and that the decision was In favor of thcplalutllTon the ground of the priority of the grant made by said act to the hllng , settlement , or purchase by tlio do- fondantor Ids grantor ; and said claimant shall also hie with the said decree and certifi cate , a bill of the costs in such case , duly cer- tilied by the judge and clerk of bald court. Thcieupon it shall be the duty of the secre tary of the interior to adjust the amount duo to each defendant on the basis of what ho shall have paid , not exceeding tlneo dollars and lifty cunts per aero tor the tract , his title to which shall have failed as aforesaid , and the costs appearing by the bill thereof so eor- tltied ns hereinbefore provided. Jloslmll then make a requisition upon the treasury for the sum found to bo dun to such claimant , or Ids hell.s and devisees or assigns , and shall pay the same to him , talcing such iclease. acquit tance or dlschatgn as shall forever bar any further claim against the United States on account of tlio failure of the title as afore said : 1'iovliled further , That when any per son , his grantees , heirs , assigns , or devisees shall prove to the satisfaction of thosecrutary of thu Interior tlr.it Ins casu is liku tlio case of thosu de.sciibed in the preceding portions ot this act , except that ho has not been sued and .subjected to judgment as herelnbu- luiu piovided , and that lie has In gooil faith paid to the pei.son holding their prior title by. the grant hcieln icterred to the sum de- nmnilcd ot him , without litigation , Mich sec- rotaiy shall pay to such peibon such sum as he has so paid , not uxceediuc three dollais and lifty cents per acre , taking his relca.su therefor as heiuinbeforu piovided. Sec. 2. Th.it the provisions of this act shall only apply to the actual and bona lute settlers on the lands hciuin refeued to. Ills or their heirs , assigns , or legal roiicsentatlves , and no ono pei.son shall bu entitled to thu buuehts of this act for compensation for moie than onu hundred and sixty acres of laud : Pro- videtl , That all other persous who purchased any part of said laud at onu dollar and twenty- live cents per acio , and th money was actu ally paid into tlio tieasury , such person , his hefri , assl'iis , or legal representatives shall bo entitled to repayment of the money so actually paid by them. Approved .March : i , 1887. Under 1110 provisions of this act three classes of persons are entitled to reim bursement , \ ' \ / : 1. All per.ons , their grantees , heirs , and devisees , who Buttled upon or pur chased lauds within the limits of the grant in question , and to whom patents have been issued , but against whom decrees have been or may hereafter bu rendered by the United States circuit court on ac count of the priority of the railroad grant. 2. Any pur.son. his grantees , heirs , as signs , or devisees , who .shall pro\u to the satisfaction of the seerelaiy of the inter ior , that his case is liku those of the class above described , except that he has not been sued and .subjected to judgement , and that he has , in good faith , without litigation , paid to thu person holding thu prior tit'u ' by thu railroad grant thu sum demanded of him. 0. ( July actual and bona lido settlers on the lands referred to in the preceding sections , their grantees , heirs , represent atives , or devisees , arc entitled lo reim bursement under the decree , not to ex ceed $3.riO per acre ; but no onu person shall be entitled to compensation at .such rate for moru than 100 aurcs. 4. All other persons who purchased any part of said lands at il.'JS per acre , their heirs , assigns , or legal representa tives , are entitled to repayment atl. 3 per acre , provided baiu money was actually paid into the treasury. In thu execution of this ant the follow ing regulations tire prescribed : 1. All applications under this act must bo maduin writing , and b < ) signed by the party applying , and must describe thu tract and designate thu entry with cer tainty. U. Cjuimants of the class first described must filu copy of the decree , duly certi fied by the clerk nnd under thu < jal of thu court rendering the .suinu , ! < > the ef fect that such n decree was rendered in a bona fide controversy bctwoon a plaintiff showing title under the graut , and a de fendant holding thu patent or Holding by deed under the patentui , and that the decision wiu in fuvoi of the plaintiff on the ground of tlio priority of thu grant made by said uut to the iiliny , jcttlumons or purchase by the defendant or lilt grantor. . Claimant must also fllo with said decree - creo ami cortillcatu a bill of costs In such casu , duly ccrliliml by thu clerk nnd under the seal of the court in which the decree was rendered. I. Claimants of the second class will bo required to furnish a oertllU'd copy of the record of the transfer from said company , or from the company's grantee , with evi dence that ho has In good faith paid to thu person holding tlio prior title thu sum demanded without litigation. f > . Claimants of thu third class should apply for u refundmt'iit of purchase money in nccordancu with regulations governing thu repayment of purchase money for lands erroneously sold , ( I. When the grantee , assignee , or ilo- vlseo ot the original purchaser makes application under this act ho must , in ad dition to tlio foregoing , show his right to receive thu money by furnishing proper nuthciiticatud abstracts of title or the original deed or instrument of assign ment , or of the will , or ccrtilied copies tlien-of. 7. When application is miulo by holrs , satisfactory proof of hoirchip is required. 8. \ \ lieu application is inadu by exe cutors , the original or n cortflied copy of letters testamentary must accompany the application. li. When application is made by ad ministrators , the original or : i certified copy of letters of administration must bo furnished. 10. All parties who are entitled to re payment under the aforesaid net , will bo required to execute u rolinquishmcnt , which must accompany thu application in the following or equivalent form : Know nil men by these piosents , that I , , of , tor and in consideration of thu sum of , to mu paid by the United States , have released and forc\cr discharged the United States from all claim ot any kind , natinc , and character whatsoouT , In-virtue ot the not of congress approved March 8. ls > 37 ; and that 1 am the Identical part } named in the decree , In the cast ! ot vs. , or who made said entry No. , at land iilllco , btate of T\NO STATKOF- COUNTVop- ss On this -day of IbS , before tlio subsenber , a- in and for said countypur- sonally came -to mu well known to be the pen-on who .subscribed thu lotegoliiK release , and who upon being diilv sworn by mu ac cording to law on oath declared and ac- knowledgud that had freely and volun tarily executed the foregoing tulo.iso and for the leasou stated ; and at the same time came residing at and also residing at , eaeh of whom being by mo duly sworn according to law deposed and salif , each for himself and not tor the other , that they well knew the person making the said release to bo the individual described In the decree , or who made said entry and who ex ecuted the said icleaso. Subscribed , sworn to and acknowlcdccd before mo this , 18S . N OIK Tlds must be acknowlegcd before a clerk of a court or other olllccr authorized to take acknowledgements ot deeds In the county where the lands ore situated , whoso olllcial character and signature must be cer tified to by the clerk of a court of record. Respectfully , WM. A. J. SI-AUKS , Commissioner. Approved May 31,1837. 11. L. MllLDKOW , Acting Secretary. Tlio Stone of Destiny. St. Louis Republican : Among the ap paratus used in the jubilee services at Westminster abbey was , of course , the coronation throne , whoso seat is made of the Scone stone , otherwise known as the Stone of Destiny and the Lia Fail. The throne itsulf is made of rotten , worm- eaten wood , pnlohed together hero and there , rickety , dozy and unstable. A relic of the days of the Edwards , it seems a figure of the monarchy , for certainly it will hardly survive many more corona tions. The Scone stone has been let In'o the scat. It is a rough , solid rectangle of granito.lookitig as common place as so much pavinjr-btono out of the street , and yet this bit of rock has clustered about it more of tradition , of prophecy and of poetry , than any other aiticlnin the regalia of England , or of any other modern kingdom. It was originally a Celtic fetish , ono might say. From the Lia Fail the name Innis Fail was derived. The legend says that the sons of Gollamh , the great leader of the race , whoso name. "Thu Soldier , " was latinized into Mllcdh nnd MiJcsms , brought the stone with thorn from Es- bain , and that it was part of the dowry of their mother Scota , thu daughter of Pharaoh. Upon it , in those dim times of which wo have only hints m the an nals , the king of Ireland worn en throned. Pagan Druids , sorcerers from afar , seers and Christian bishops joined in blessing it and prophesying about It. Its literature would till a largo volume. It was the Caaba of the Coit. Wherever this stone was kept there would the sov ereignty of Scottish men remain , there would the kingship of right belong. Tlio date when the stone was transferred to Scotland , then but an Irish colony in Albin , is unknown , but the storv runs that it was hidden during the Msrvilo re bellion of Kinkut , and found and stolen away into Albin , a similar looking , but naturally a very inferior stone being Mibstitutcd in itspluco by the thief , Colny MacDulvin. Poetic justice overtook Mac- Del vm , who shortly afterwards died of ir dreadful Druidic disease brought on by thu iinnthumas of the Irish Druids when they discovered the theft -ind thn altera tion. Thn magical properties of the Lia Fail at ouco organized a kingdom in Albin , which endured , fostered and favor ed by the Stone of Destiny , until Edward Longshnnks carried the relic oil to West minster in the thirteenth century. Then thu Scottish kingdom gave way to an- arnhy just as thu Irish had done , and thu Lia Kail has ever .since buun building up Britannia's empire on sun nnd hind , ft would bu a wastu of time and space to print excerpts from the old prophecies which the Sconu Ktonu has vindicated , but the following , which is said to bo n literal translation of a poem written by St. Finnan of Kilmuddnn , is interesting , as it duals with the future : In the hands of thn fair foreigners , Thu liluu-uied baxons from ovur the sea , bliiill the stone of coiouatlons and power linger , Wli'lo ' the Gael shall bo a stranger Iu disown house. Six tunes the years of the battles of Con , Full ot murders and the wailing of widows. Full of ( Insolation In thu land and cold hearths , tones , With the loot ot the foreigner on the no.'k ' of the Uatl. Hut from the six hundred taku the hostages ot Nlul , And the stone shall bo shattered and thu spell broken , The curse irnm the land shall bo lifted and taken. And the ( iael will como Into Ids heritage. Thl curious prophecy has appeared in several Irish papers recently and is read thus : Six times the years of Con's battles would bo CM , less the nine hohUgcs of Niul , would leave 51)1 ) years. Edward 1 took ths stone from Scouu abbey in A. D. 12 % , nnd , adding the years of the proph- ersy , thn Htono should bo broken and thu nir.id lifted iu this year of grace , 1887. It is curious what an effect tlicHu propuaus have upon the Irish peas antry , among whom C'olumbkillu nnd Ultan and thu other Christum seers aru studied as elo-soly as the Hebrews studied the prophets. .Several risings have oc curred in Ireland to lit the prophecies , eases wheru the prediction caused its own fulfilment. It would tu ; a rumarkablo fact if St. Finnan's forgotten verse should inspire somu belloxor to take the task into hi * own hands , and , with a sludgo- humiuor and a conviction of patriotic duly , Mutter the stonu th.it IIM caused so much misery ,
