Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : JTOESDAY. JUNE ? 21. 1887.
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that thu actual circulation of thu Dally Hen
for the week ending Juno 17 , ISbT , was as
follows :
Haturdav.,1unu 11 . H.0
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the month of lor June. 1BW > , 12.293
copies ; lor July , 1SSO , 1214 ? copies ;
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ber , ItWi. I3c : conies ; for October , 1SSO ,
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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 ,
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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 ,