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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY. JULY 11 , THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. THUMB Of RtillSCntPTION ! Dnflr ( Mornlnif FxiltUm ) Including Sunflnr Brr , Onn Your . tlOM For Six Months . , . 6 PO For Three Montln . 2 CO The Umnlin HMnilny HKB , mnllM to nny , One Vonr. . , . - . B 00 OMAHA OrnCB. No. PH A H > 91(1 ( FA1WAM HTHICV. NKW VOHK OFKICK. IlllOM ( V , , TltlntJNK IIUII.IIINn. WA UINCITO * orricr.No.M3KuuiiTXE. < iuSriiEiT. oonnr.s no DF.XCK i All communloutmni rclntin ? to nown nnd edi torial innltor Kliould bo otMrtiiSoJ to the Kin- TOIl OF 711K II RC AM tnif Inoss Ictturg and rumlttnncot thould bo Mdrossod to TIIK HEC ruiiLlsmmi COMlMKr , OMAHA. Drnfti , chockft und poslonlco order * to bu taodo payable to tlio ordtrof tli company , THE BEE POBLISHHTciPiHi PBQPHIETOHS , E. n05E\VATKn. EniTon. THE BEE. Rwnrn Btatomcnt of Circulation. BUto of Nebraska. 1 _ County of Dotiums. ) " R' Oco. it. TzMhucic , Bccrctarv of The Bee rnbllshlnp company , docs solemnly swear that the ticttml circulation of the Daily Hue for the week ending July 8 , 1OT , was ns follows : Saturdav.July 2 . KIM ) Hundav.Jitly 8 . , . 14,200 Monday. July 4 . 7,773 Tuesday. July 5 . 14 , ( .S Wednesday , JnlyO . 1H.1XX ) Thursday , July 7 . W.M5 Friday , July 8 . WHl)0 ) Averazo . ' . . ll.ilM (5 no. it. TzscitucK. bworn to nnd subscribed In my presence this Uth day of July , A. D. 1837. 1837.N. . P. FKU. . fSKAL.1 Notary Public , Btato of Nebraska , I . . Douelas County , f " Oco. 1) ) . Tzschuck , bclnpf first duly sworn , deposes nnd Bays that ho Is secretary of iTha lice Publishing company , that the actual avernpo dally circulation of the Dally IJee fet the month of July , 1SW5 , 12U4 : copies ; for Ancust , 18S6 , 1 ,464 copies ; for Septem ber , 18SO , ! ! ! , ( ) copies ; for October , IbWV 12,1)89 ) copies ; for November. IbbO , 13Hi : : copies ; for in-ccinbor. 18SO. 13S57 copies ; foi January Ib87. 10,200 copies ; for February. lf$7 , 14,103 copies ; for March. 18S7. 14.4W1 copies ; for April , 1887 , 14,1110 copies ; for May , 1H&7 , 14,8-27 copies ; tor Juno 1837 , 14,147 copies. OKO , n. TzscirucK. Subscribed and sworn to before mo tills Is ) dayot July A. J > . , l&vr. I8EAL.F N. 1' . Km. . Notary Public. INI'ANT mortality in tlio largo cities ol tlio east is the most deplorable consc- quonco of tlio prevailing hot weather. The mortuary records luivo been alarm ingly swelled iu the past week. TUB concentration of wealth m this country is strongly exhibited by the fact that within n few days past the mirnboi of holders of United States bonds have boon reduced from 00,000 to 39.000. . Now that tlio bricklayers and carpen ters have resumed work , Omaha will see her now business blocks leap ckyward nnd the building boom will surpass any thing over soon hero during any previous EOlVSOll. THE Hon. Roscoe Conkling did not in dulge iu an elaborate address before the Grant club of Chicago , but what ho did nay had something of the old ring nboul it , Including a few touches of his peculiai sarcasm , which these who hoard it coukl have had no dllliculty in applying. Mr Conkling is matchless in his way. FHOM present indications it would appear - pear that Senator Sherman Is to oncoun- lor more serious opposition In Ohio than lie found in the Chicago conventions ol 3880 and 1831. Governor 1'oraker is him- pelf and candidate for vice-president , nnd hopes to bo placed on the tiokot with lilaiue hence his opposition to Sherman THE ( lag enthusiasts at Richmond , Va. who dcsiro the American ling "amended' and the stars and bars made n part of the national banner should bo bored for the elmplcs , or carted oil' to an insam fUjyhun. This brilliant idea as conceived "by the secretary of state is the most con viucing argument that the fool-killer ha ; neglected the greatest opportunity of hit TIIK county commissioners are puzzled liow they can get the Florence cut on extension tension of tlio Northwestern road on the nssessmcnt roll. It is the duty of the Btato board of equalization to compel the Northwestern or St. Paul & Oniahr managers to return that portion of tlioli kino for taxation , add if it has beer omitted , cither accidentally or other wise , the board should take some action to have it placed on the state and county Assessment roll. THE investigation being prosecuted bj Senator Cockrcll into the condition o Business in the government department ; is being justified by results. Some Inter csting facts have boon brought to light pmiong others that the iinaucial clerk o Ihe patent otlico receives money nnd con flucts n partial banking business with at lornoys and with clerks m the depart incuts without being accountable to nni pno , and without being required to sub init his books or accounts to the inspec lion ot anyone. How long this loo'i practice has existed is not stated , but i Is nn anomaly that ought not to bi nllowod to go on a day beyond the tinu When a stop can practically bu put it. THE alleged interview with Jcll'ersoi Pavis where he is credited with sayinf that the old war governor of PennsylVania Vania , Andruw G. Curtin , had freed fron the state penitentiary tlio worst and mos daring criminal to kill Davis , for whicl Cm tin would pay f 10,000 , will hardl ; lie believed. Governor Cnrtin was no then nor is ho now that kind of a man lie was too bravo and honorable to rpsor or give countenance to anything of th kind. While there may have been man , throats upon the life of the confederat president , it is safe to Bay they woru nu thought of by Governor Curtin. Gov eruor Curdn did all ho could to put dowi fho rebellion , but ho was not the man ti encourage nssassinatiou. No STATE in the union is more barbai cus and brutal in the treatment of it convicts than Georgia , nnd although th cruel system pursued there has bee many times exposed nnd denounced , i Booms that no improvement 1ms take place. Rocout exposures show that th convicts arc treated in the most luhunia manner , the Idea apparently being thi : a criminal luvs not the blightust claim t liny humane consideration. The leas eystorn Is In vogue , and is in a largo dt groo responsible for the oruultlus nn privations to which the convicts tire eul jeotcd. Governor Gordon has declare uncompromisingly against this systen > nd public opinion Is rapidly forming i the bauio direction. A system that fostdi brutality and barbarism ought to go , SncooHRfnl Arbitration. The strike which for the past two months Iwa paralyzed the building inter ests of Chicago hn ended , nnd it is ex pected that to-day building operations in that city will bo generally resumed. The conflict practically had its inception on the 21)th ) of last April , when the brick layers'union passed n resoulution de- mading payment for their labor on Sat urday every two weeks , instead of Tuesday ns hnd been the practice. The employers nsked for time to consider the unexpected proposition. The argument of the men In support of their demand was that they could make purchases to better advantage on Saturday than on Tuesday , nnd that they required the money to take their families out for recreation and amuse ment on Sunday. 'Iho employers re jected the demand on the ground that it would entail hardship on the small con tractors , whoso business did not warrant them in employing bookkeepers , nnd they could not make out ( ho pay roll In tlmo to pay on Saturday. The union suggested n plan to avoid this dilliculty , but the master masons speedily resolved that h-iving for years yielded to demands which they regarded as absurd or bur densome they would submit no further. They determined to light the union , and n meeting of the various trades engaged n the building line was called with a view to making common causa. This was accomplished , the other trades agreeing to give their moral nnd n'litenal nid to the mnstcr ma- eons' association during tlio contest. The bricklayers' union having bo en in formed of the rejection of its demand , n strike was immediately ordered. Over four thousand bricklayers wore thrown out of work , and when building ceased thousands of other workmen became idle , the total number affected being about 13,000. A vigorous warfare was kept up on both sides. There were daily meetings , n largo expenditure of oratory in which the respective rights of the parties to the issue and the relations of capital nnd labor were discussed , while there was a constant How of nudresses and proclamations to the public. The fooling became very strong , nnd for weeks both sides manifested the most obstinate and uncompromising temper. "No surrender and no com promise , " was the war cry of both parties. Fighting cannot continue always , however , and bravo words "but ter no parsnips , " The president , of the union one day sent a letter to the master masons' association proposing the ap pointment of nn arbitration committee , the first step having been taken by the former in appointing live members of the union to represent it in such n committee. The proposition was tabled by the master masons' association. This pave the union n fair opportunity to create public sympathy in its favor , which it pro ceeded to do with commendable skill. Finally It rescinded the resolution de manding a Saturday pay day , nnd declared the strike off. The union having asked for arbitration nnd withdrawn the demand which pri marily caused U1 the trouble , the master masons' association was put into the po sition of having to accept arbitration or continue the lookout , nnd after some de liberation it concluded to adopt the former alternative , A committee was formed consisting of five members ol each organization , and this joint com mittee selected Judge Tuloy as umpire. The arbitrators mot on the morning ol the -ith instant and hold daily sessions until n satisfactory arrangement was reached on last Friday afternoon. The report of the committee recognizes the hardships and priva tion consequent upon the strike nnd admits the existence of mutual interests between the employers and em ployes , which it should bo the aim ol both to conserve. Finding the maiu cause of trouble in the efforts of the sep arate organizations to lay down arbi trary rules for the regulation of matter ? which were of joint interest and concern , and which should bo regulated only by both organizations by some species ol joint action , the committee submitted n project for the institution of a joint standing committee with power to hear und determine all differences and griev ances , tt was decided that eight hours should constitute a day's work and that Tuesday should continue as paj day. In reference to this last matter - tor the report says it was nol considered of vital importance , while one of the arguments iu its favor was that il had worked moro beneficially to the workmen and their families than the Saturday pay day. Under the new ar rangement the "walking delegate" ha ; been shorn of some dignity nnd n good deal of authority , while the arbitrary powers of the other officials are reduced or taken away. The committee's roporl was promptly adopted by the union and subsequently by the Master Masons' asso elation. This is a distinct und notable triumpl of the principles of nrbitratiot which cannot bo too earnestly commended to the attention o : employers and workmen. It gives n tie wed illustration ol what can bo nccom plished In this way where men will allou themselves to lay aside their passions am their arbitrary desires and deal ration ally , frankly and justly with the differ cnces or grievances that separate them There is hardly any issue so serious tha men cannot reach a satisfactory arrange mcnt of it if they will discuss it intelli gently , dispassionately , and in a propo ; spirit of mutual concession. This is no a now theory , but the lesson of cxpcri cnce , and it is most astonishing that this experience has thus fa really counted for so little. Tin misfortune connected with the trouble ii Chicago was that It required two months of strife , involving a vast pecuniary loss to all engaged in it , injury to other interests osts , nnd great damage to the prosperity of the whole community , to bring abou what might have been accomplishedhn ( the proper spirit prevailed , at the end o the first week of the strike , or , better still , recourse to arbitration when the is sue was presented might have prevented the strike * . It i ? not neeosaary that war should be commenced before arbltrutioi can bu instituted. There-is ovury reasor to expect that a long period of cordial am profitable relation ! ! will ' now bi maintained between the employing masons and the bricklayers of Chicagc to the common and' general advantage There will doubtless he a growth of mu tunl respect nnd confidence , which wil bo good for both. The example so far & the success of the arbitration ii con cerncd , can be heartily commended for general emulation. Gpoit ItunlneflN Work. The evidence scorns to bo conclusive hat the administration of tlio pension nircau by Commissioner Black has been careful , prudent and In thn lines of coed business principles. The facts for the past year show that n great deal of work was accomplished , comparing most favor ably with that of any previous year since .ho bureau was established , nnd it must jc remembered in any comparison that n some directions this work every year ? rows moro perplexing and difficult , 1'wontytwo years have elapsed since the close of the war , and it Is easy to see that the difficulty of establishing claims for pensions has very greatly in creased. When , therefore , the fact is stated that the original allowances of the Imrcau last year were larger by live thousand than for any previous year , it makes a most creditable showing for the work of the bureau , particularly when it can also bo said that the requirements in nil other directions wore fully met and a great deal of business that had been in arrears was disposed of. Only excellent system , thorough discipline , nnd the exaction from every employe of the bureau of a full and faithful per formance of duty could have achieved these results , and It is conceded that Commissioner Black has required all these conditions. Another interesting fact , and ono pro bably without precedent , is that of the appropriations for the expenses of the bureau , salaries , etc. , there is n balance of $75,000 to bo turned back into the treasury. So that not only has moro work boon done by the bureau than In preceding years , but nt considerable less cost to the people. This has involved less leisure and liberty to those retained in the service , the number of whom was fewer last year than in the previous year , but the country has not hoard of anyone resigning because of overwork. It is very likely that some of the old em ployes of the bureau have found the new order of things , which requires thorn to put in their time at work , nnd to bo nt their post of duty when there is no legitimate reason for being elsewhere , somewhat grinding nnd oppressive , in contrast with former conditions , but they do not run away from it. It is further more to bo said to the credit of the bureau that there are no longer delays in for warding the drafts of pensioners who now receive them promptly at the time duo. This is a departure which the great majority of pensioners know how to ap preciate. There is no other bureau in which system and promptness arc more necessary , or in which carlessness and delay would work greater embarrass ment , to those dependent on it , than iu the pension bureau , and the present com missioner is to bo commended for show ing tin adequate appreciation of this. Tlio TexiiH Train Hobbor. The fact Mint "necessity is the mother of invention" Is being very forciably demonstrated at the present , time in the state of Texas. The Lone Star state it seems 18 about , the only state where the business of train robbing is being carried on at the old stand. There was a time when the train robber would quail in the presence of long hair , a brace of pistols , and an Arkansas toothpick , such as was the fashion in Texas seine years ago ; bill 'since the march of civilization has brought to that state a law abiding pop ulation , it docs not seem to have driven tlio train robber completely beyond the borders of the state. The state authori ties , together with the presidents of the railroads , have agreed upon n plan by which the train robber will have to go. The governor will appoint eight trust j trainmen of each passenger tram oper ated in the state , who will bo sworn iu as state rangers vested with an authority of rangers of the regular force. These men will bo thoroughly equipped with the most improved implements of warfare , the expense to bo berne by the railways. It will bo rather a picturesque scone to see eight strapping rangers , bo- deck'cd with all the trappings of war , alight from either side of n train as it rolls into a station , to stand guard while the passengers are being discharged and taken on. Witli the usual excitement , inci'dont tea a Texas train robbery might it not bo a good idea for the roads to construct iron cars made round something after the style of a revolving tort , on the inside of which , can bo mounted guns similar to those used on war ships. Lot this car be placed in front of the engine whore the rangers will bo in plain view of the rob bers , and before the latter can have time to take possession of the train the rangers can do their deadly work. If the robbers could always bo rcliml upon in attacking a train as the newsboys of Now York do a street oar , the gun car would work admirably. I it is the custom of the Texas robber t ( first get into the car with the passengers bcforo he reveals his identity then , ol course an armed ranger nt cither dooi will become a necessity. The country will wait with patience nnd fortitude the result of this modern , and necessary Texas invention. If it is t success a now era will have dawned upon that great state. IF Post Master General Vilos would have a host of friends in this section te aid him in securing the nomination foi vice president , bo should lose no time it giving to the people ot this part of tin country a decent postal service. With i net work of railroads , such ns wo have hero , the mail facilities are little bettei than none at all. The old time carrier 01 horseback , while not quite equal in time of transit , was as reliable as the service we now have. Mr. Vilas could not slcej of nights until ho had the goldnn north west from which portion of the domair ho hails was provided with fast mai trains into almost every village , whili hn loaves the great Missouri Valley t ( the mercy of a lot of arbitrary railroae managers. That It should require twen ty-four hours to get mail delivered hen from Chicago is not In keeping with thi demand and necessity of the times. WITHIN the past ton days the corres pondouts at Washington have asserted almost positively that as many men would bo thn successor of Secretary Lamnr In the ovtmt the latter goes upor tie | supreme bench. Every senator ane roproicntatlno who straggles into Wash ington Is tit oncu named to bo the no\\ .tcerutary of the interior. It the correspondents pondonts will do a little more'log wort oud not yoae as statesmen , they will dc iJtm -/i -tiAte.mSt . . . , , * * * til .jhiUrft. * * * * * * * nero toward earning their salaries What this country wants from Washing- on Is news , and not views. > _ . As KAit M the Gorman press is con cerned the war with Franco has already jcpun. The gcnerrtl spirit of the press is o the effect that the war dance between L-'ranco nnd Geriiiany must open its iloody maze. The revelations of the Klein trial of the French tax on for eigners is openly designed to affect Ger mans , prohibition import on German spirits , together with a system of osplon- ago upon thb Germans have combined to licensing the people to the utmost. If .ho tone of the German press can reflect : ho sentiments of the people , there can hardly bo a doubt but what hostilities will soon bo commenced. It will bo well , iiowever , to wait until Bismarck is heard [ rom. TIIOSK best informed on the prohibition contest now going on in Texas estimate that the vote favoring the amendment will possibly reach 155,000. of which pos sibly 29,000 will bo cast by the colored men. If the estimates can bo rolled upon there will ho perhaps 170,000 votes cast against the amendment. Of this number it is argued that over 50,000 will bo cast by the colored voters. There are few things moro'uncertain than the vote on the question of prohibition , no matter in what state an election is hold. Ir the report that Jay Gould had eaten a cucumber caused n panic on Wall Street what may bo expected now that Mr. Gco. Gould , the son , is in n critical condition at Manhattan beach. STATK AND TEUlllTOUY. Nebrnokn Jottings. Telephones thrive best on helloed ground. Miss Minnie Hu/.zle , of Junlata , has re turned from a missionary tour of China. O'Neill is HOW looking for connection with the proposed Sioux City & Denver railroad. The Columbus Motor railway company has progressed to the point of electing a full set ot ollico furniture and checking off the line on papor. Editor Hronneman , of IJeomer , became entangled in a full blown town row and was pulled out of the ruins in a mutila ted condition a painful picture of deso lation with his dome painted red. Hastings complains that the water works builder is six months behind hie contract , with a forfeit of $50 a da ) gnawing at his prolits. No means are in sight to expedite his movements. The Prohibition Star is twinkling ii Ord , Valley county. It is n planet ol minor magnitude , but the chief stoker , C. C. Wolf , promises to illumine the arid horizon while his "dust" holds out. An intoxicated tough exposed his shapr near Ayr , and tlio temperature suddenly grew RO hot that the ollicers hurried hin : to the Kearney jail to escape a well earned summer suit of tar with foathci trimmings. The Arbor Lodge fish pond , now being built by lion. J. Sterling Merion , will be n monster pleasure ground for the pisea torial aristocracy. The pond will b ( half a mile in length , 700 feet wide ant twenty-three foot deep. "No man ever forgets Ms first sweet heart , " says a retired bachelor. No , noi her capacity for balls , theaters and ic < cream and oj ster lunches , more especi ally it she becomes an animated section of household furniture. The following brce/.y hit from a nius cular girl is dedicated to the loungers ol the Wabash corner : "Providence scndi the nasty winds to blow our skirts knot high. Hut God is just ; with clouds o : dust ho fills the bad man's eye. " A cowboy and a bucking broncho ex hibited their commodious quarters in Atkinson in u struggle for supremacy The broncho is several humps ahead ant the cowboy in a fair way to grace thx neighboring cemetery. Gustavo IJurmcistcr , recently fron Walnut , Iowa , was drowned while bath ing in the Klkhorn , near Norfolk , lasl Tuesday. Though an expert swimmer he was overburdened with beer and aanli In midstream. The body was recovered Charles II. Richards , charged with tin murder of George McFarlan , in Dundj county last February , was tried by Judge Guslin and was awarded a life senteno with hard labor thrown in without oxtr : charge. Jatccs Harrington , of O'Neill , wnih scooting round the race track on tin buck of a nine minute pony , collidci with a wire fence and left several yard ; ot sinews on the barbs. Ho was recover ing at last accounts notwithstanding tlu eflorts of the doctors. The cemeteries of Ouster county nn populating rapidly. Within a week threi persons were violently hurried to tin hillside two by lead and ono by light ning. The coroner , undertaker am sheriff arc doing a rushing business. Levi Pool , the York doctor who sent i leaden pill through his brain , left a noti stating that he was a helpless cripple too old to do any moro doctoring , am that the future possessed some charm for his weak and overstrained mind. Hi is now investigating. The eight-yoar-old-dauglitcr of Caspo ; Dtionnermau , living near Grand Island swallowed a needle which she had in he mouth , and died in five minutes. Thi calamity , so terrible in its suddenness should bo a warning to young and old ti shun the pin cushion und stick t < gum. Nebraska City papers appear ticklct over the threatenings of the Oinuh : motor railway company to scoop in tha city in its wild race for patronage. Tin managers possess a wealth ol imager as boundless as the west , but it will re quire time to mature and develop MIC ! gigantic projects. The Kansas City & -Omaha railroat workers generously agree to build Iron Alma to Culbertson if the towns put up : bonus of $150,000. The Kaw river crowt are the most cheerful and voracious Shy locks that ever struck the state , i smooth and seductive crowd , they invan ably got the bottom dollar of the toiler along the route. Iowa Nolvs. Webster county will hang up ? 5,000 Ii fair premiums. [ Chinch bugs are harvesting the corn ii Crawford county. Kossuth county 1ms' nearly $100,00" " cash In the treasury. DCS Moincs hopes to" Jo u little bnslncs during the state fair. June closed the career of thirty-om residents of Dtibuquo. Calliope has secured a $3.1,000 llou mill for a bonus of $2,5000. The Illinois Central promises Dubuqui a new depot to cost * 100,000. Polk county farmers report a yield o twenty-live to thirty bushels of wheat t < the aero. Andrew Fossom , a well-to-do farmer Ii Allamakeo county , slid off a load of hi : ; and brokn his neck. The assessed valuation of Wood bur county is $13,101,112. , ! . Of this Sioux Cit ; contributes over $3,000,000. The Telegraph reports that an 1 nil mum couple In Dubnqiio nolct their 'bnby foi $1.50. The purohater Is entitled to sym pathy. Cedar Rapids takes kindly to water fo : bathing , culinary aod lawn purposes Jt tt * ' ' r 1 'i i ! nnd got away with 30,000,000 gallons of it during Juno. Mrs. W. W , Tlirany , of DCS Molncs. soast.s of n sovon-up record that would : ? ivo her standing ns n fortune teller , bho was twenty-seven years old on the seventh day of the seventh month of 1887 , nnd is the seventh child of the family. Oolo rndo. Durango will hold .1 fair in September. Georgetown has captured the Jesuit college. Improvements valued at $100.000 nro under way in 1'noblo. Real estate transactions in Denver now average $50,000 n day. Denver is passing the hat for funds to. bore for oil and natural gas. Los Animus county carries the banner1 for now towns. Twenty-six were planted in the last year. Mineral development this season is being - ing pushed in all directions with unusual vigor nnd success. So far there has boon no rich strikes , but good prolits have been realized for the. labor expended. The coal and oil districts nro being thoroughly worked. liOUl * C1TV8 TUAGEDY. What Max licnliart HUB to Hay About the Crt e. Loui'Cixr , Neb. , July 0. To the editor of the Hm : : In the column of state news in the BEE of the 1st inst. , a paragraph relative to \Villard-llichardson trag cdyrcad thus : The two barbers , In whoso shop the tragedy occurred , and \\lio ha\c in their possession Richardson's revolver , are being boycotted nnd deprived of business because they re fused to give up the weapon and clasp hands \\ith the coturlu bunt on revenue at an v price. In your issue of July , signed "xx , " is made the correction : Tlio harbors have In their possession the piece of metal with which Wlllard is said to have attacked Kiehardson. As regards the Biu : and this tragedy there is just this much to state : When wo arc to have an unbiased state ment of facts , whether of mur der , arson , suicide or thctt , or anything of which the public is to be informed , wo look to the metropolitan press for that report. Jt is , therefore , owing to this de.siro to see the metropolitan press all it should bo as a disseminator of this bert of knowledge that prompts your cor respondent in this statement. in your first report of this fearful trag edy , 1 believe you btated that the Into O. 1J. Willard had acted as your correspond ent from this place. Very true us to tel egraphic communications. But for all hur lengthy descriptive and "booming" letters that have from time to time ap peared in the columns of the JIE ! : for tlio jiast three years , Loup City is most in debted to "Max ixjiiharty Mr. Willard prompted the correspondence , for ho icadily recognized tlio advantages to bo derived from the appearance of such let ters in the UIE : to our town and county. Therefore , your present correspondent knows the "lay of the hind , " and it is hoped that a careful statement from this source will give n better view of how things stand as re gards the darkest tragedy that has oc curred in this county. There is prejudice , no doubt , on both sides , but there was killing only on one side. The Sherman County bank ring want the ihi : : to publish only their sine of the question , and when that is done they don't cry prejudice ; tlio same as re gards the Omaha Herald. These are tads to bo remembered. Mr. A. M. Ben nett , the barber , is the one who told Mrs. O. B. Willard whore her husband was killed. Mr. Bennett was called in to soavu the murdered journalist , and over his dead body informed the widow ol the manner of the killing , and where her hus band lost his life. Mr. Bennett talked to Mrs. Willard at that moment as became a gentleman at such a time , lie made nn rash statements , but simply stated to her that ho had picked up n small piece of metal from the lloor after the shooting. Ho didn't know whether it belonged to Mr , Willard or Richardson. Didn't know where it came from or how long it had laid there on the shot ) lloor , but thought the article belonged in a printing ollice. Now this is all Air. Bennett said about the piece of metal. Mr Bennett is so unfortunate ns to have his shop located on a lot leased from M. A. Theis. cashier ot the Sherman County bank , and the very dirty-mouthed citi/.en who , caretully cloaked by religion nnd aristocratic tendencies , told the in UP dorcr Richardson "to go along nnd pub lish the 'poem' and not act tlio damned coward about it , " when asked for advice by that poor wretch. Bennett is a level headed fellow , and has generally been conceded to bo an honest , upright man , thoroughly capable of attending his own business. He has been here for several years , commencing a poor boy , and has worked himself up to a competency. Ho married a most estima ble young lady here , und both hnvn al ways been highly thought of. Mr. iiudg- lin , his partner , is a married man , nnd his wife an I three children live here among us. Kxcout this fact , not much is known of him othur than both have been considered gentlemen. As to their bein persecuted as to tlio article in question , we believe the s'.atoment incorrect. An other barber shop has been needed for some time and the new one opened up is run by a line fellow , but one who will not af all antugoni/.o , farther than legit- mate competition , the interests of Ben nett < & Hedglin. Does it not look like some one was try ing to "write up" Richardson ? He is the man who deliberately took the lifuwf O. B. Willard py aiming caromllv at his heart na the jeer ) fellow reeled help lessly to the sidewalk * If Richardson had not been told to publish the article he would not have done so. The article , or "poem" as they regarded it , was written by a wife murderer und carefully tiled by a contemptible coward who gave it to Richardson lor publica tion. O. B. Wlllard was killed by B. L. Richardson , and the case is now in the hands of the Nebraska courts. Why not lot it alone that the courts , unhampered , may decide as to tlio whys and where- foics in helping to clear up this dastardly cabeV Jt is a shame to write one little squib after another for this unpcr and that only to have it to reprint as favor able to the man who did the killing. Let Sherman county decide as to the disposal of this case , and let the Sherman County Banking company mind their own busi ness. The manager of that concern has drawn a revolver on four dillercnt citizens , . We have stated facts and not for discussion eitiier , und we do the Bli the justice of needing the. valuable space for moro readable and more interesting matter than discussing a munli-rout Irani ] ) printer or a corrupt banking firm. Very respectfully , M.vv LEXIIAHT. GUAM ) KXOUUSION TO CHICAGO , $11.5O For the Hound Trip. Commencing on July 5 and continuing on sale until July 13 , the Chicago , Rock Island & Pacific railway will hell round trip tickets to teachers and ALL OTIIKIIS that wish to take a trip to Chicago cage at ? M.GO for the round trip Jrom Council Blull's. Two through express trains are run daily , leaving Omnha at 0 15 a. m. and 0.05 p. m. , running now. elegant Pullman Palace Sleeping nnd Dining Cars. Ample accommodations will be provided for very one. Reserve your Piillnmn berths and sucurc your tickets nt the Chicago , Rock Jsland A Pftcilin ticket ofllco. IttOD Furnain street. Tickets good going on all through express trains from July Oth in 13th in clusive. S. S. S rurcNH , General Western Agent. Dlctrick & Guth , architect * and super intendents , Room 10 , Crultfhton bloclc , THE WILD WHITE.APACHE , Strange Romance ofnn Alleged Hcucgado American. A FRONTIEH'S BLOODY DRAMA. Oncort Gnltnnt Salillrr , n Qunrrrl nnd a Duel Drives Jllin to Join the Savages Tlio True Story or Al. Strcctcr. Now York Star : \ \ Ith the recent out break of Apaches iu Now Mexico and Arizona , I notice the story of "Tho White Apache" has been revived. Every Indian raid brings this celebrated front ier character into undesirable prominence ns n lender of hostile savages , or at least ono who gives aid nnd comfort to the merciless enemy of the southwestern frontiersmen. Al. Strcoter , the White Apache , has been killed oflonor in Alex- lean and Arizona newspapers than any man I know of ; yet only a few mouths ngo 1 saw n letter from him dated Opostira , Mexico , and although to my own knowledge ho hnd been reported as killed by the press while leading Apaches three different times , lie was n most lively corpse. Whether his good luck would attend him on the American side of the line is , however , open to the gravest kind of doubt. The history of Strcctor is n genuine bit of iront'.or romance full of weird dra matic interest. Ho was an Arab on the streets of San Francisco , full of that wild hoodlum spirit which the "glorious cli mate" of California infused into the boys of 1800. At this time Mexico had been completely knocked out by Maximilian and his French allies. The triple bars only floated over Paso del Nortc. and hardly would have floated there had it not bocd that Franklin ( now El Paso ) lay right across the river , with the Ameri cans there in full force. While things looked thus unpromising tor Juarez and the Mexican republicans , some daring American officers conceived the idea ot raising troops for him in the United States. Colonel George Green was one of the first to raise a company iu Califor nia , and one of the first to join the fill- ! busters was young Strector , then only fif teen years of ago. What the company accomplished did nol amount to muchas before it was well in the field came the fall of Maximilian and the restoration of the republic. loung Strcetcr , however , had acquired a taste for soldierlngnnd joined the regu lar Mexican service. He quickly learned the Spanish language , and being a mag nificent horseman , as well as a thorough soldier.he rose step by step until he found himself the major of a regiment of cavalry. About this time ho was sta tioned at the little mountain town of Cases Grandes in the state of Chihuahua. In ono of the companies was n voung lieutenant named Jose Garciary Garcia. Both Streeter ami Garcia were in the liubit of attending the Thursday night "bailes" or public dances that made the only life to be found in the quaint old town , outside of hanging round the "tienda" drinking muscal , or American lager at a dollar a bottle. Among the mountain towns of the Sierra Madre none has ii higher ropula- tion for the beauty of its womnn than Casas Grandes , and the belle of the can ton and of the "ballo" was Juanita Gandara , the only daughter of the fefo politico of the town. This office , which has no equivalent in English , but which combines in itself the ollices of mayor and sheriff , is ono of great distinction in a Mexican town. As Gandara was , after the pastoral fashion , wealthy in flocks nnd herds , nnd said to have n tidy little sum to his credit in McManus' bank at Chihuahua , his daughter had many admirers among the youth of Casas Grandes and the surrounding country. Among the oflicers of the garison who were at her foot were Major Slreeter und Lieutenant Garcia , nnd the rivalry be tween the two soon resulted in estrange ment. The girl smiled upon the young lieutenant and , although his superior of ficer was allowed to dance with and say soft nothings to the nut-brown scnorita at the public dance , it was under the watchful eye of one of these careful old senorns in whose blood passion la cold ana waits upon the judgment. The padre thought that the gin should not marry a "gringo , " nnd oldGandnra , who had memories of a time when the hated Tejauos ( Texans ) overran his fair Chihuahua , shared in his feelings. And so it happened that when the major called to son the fetes politico , tlio girl after the manner of her country in such cases , was always absent ; but when it was the young lieutenant who called she appeared at once , and in that language , which like the Italian was made to sing , accompanied herself upon the guitar as she sang some ono of these delightful Cuban airs so dclitrhtful in Mexico. Insane with jealousy , the btory goes that ono ovonini ; the major accused his subordinates of having misrepresented and slandered him to obtain an ascen dency over the girl. Hot words followed , the insult that blood alone can atone was passed , and the following morning the young lieutenant and his commanding officer faced ono another in a grove of cottonwoods on the banks of the Casaa Grandes river. At the first lire young Garcia fell dead , shot through the heart. His antagonist , fearing arrest and the fury of the Mexicans , mounted his horse and lied toward the American lines. Streeter next turned up nt the San Carlos reservation in ari/.ona , where he obtained a situation as clerk under Cap tain Jcllreyd , at that time the Indian agent there , and remained with him for hovoral yearrf , or until the outbrcait of Victoria's Indian war in 1879-60. During this period ho studied and became a master of the Apache tongue , speaking It like n native.ami became so thoroughly acquainted with tlio habits and customs of the Indians that ho was looked up to by them with the reverence duo a chief. 'lhoo who know him best on the reser vation cav that with each year that passed he displayed n growing disgust with civilized life and a greater dis position to coiinort with the ravages. i hero also comes the story of another unfortunate love affair , and then Streeter disappears from San Carlos and a num ber of Apaches disappear and take to ho warpat h about the same time. During the long Indian campaign , which lasted from the fall of 1871) ) to the summer of 1881) ) , there were floating around wild , weird stories of a white man who had been seen leading on the band of Victorio and then of Nanit in their raids on America and Mexican ranchers. Then some h orders who es caped from Nairn brought woril that the white man was Streeter , and the man's strange conduct gained ready credence for the story The Arizona press then denounced Strcetor as u monster to whom Benedict Arnold was an angel pure as the driven snow. Then cume tlm Mexi cans in the frontier towns on the Sonora and Chihuahua slopes of the Sierra Madre to join in the chorus. Tlio prodf of Streetor's action was quite strong enough for a lynching party , but not strong enough for u Tegular civil court. This no doubt was partly owing to a very unpleasant habit the Apaches have ; of destroying testimony by killlrug the witnesses. Bo this us It may , ritrentcr was not heard of KS buing n member of any civilized community until General Crook had effectually disposed of the Apaches in June , 188H. Then letters were received from him nt La Novfa , on the frontier of Arizona null Mnxlco , stilting that ho had ner'er been with the Apaches , nnd that ho would rqdirri from Mczlpo tq the United States mid prove It ; but ho lias never ventured back , nnd his best friends do not deny his Intercourse with the Kavnges , claiming only that hi.s pres ence among them was us a "contra- bandisla. " But the frontiersmen Insist that the man who t rallies with Indians on the warpath must ' "lowed to bo one of them , and all Indians nro plzen. " And they keep n sharp lookout for the White Apache. Tlio K.xponso ol n Colloico Kiliiciitlou. Clertlaml lender , At a tlmo when our colleges nro send ing out the young men who have com pleted their course of study , nnd when others nro looking forward to taking the places of these who have graduated , the question of expense Is one that deserves considerable attention. In a short ad dress nt the commencement dinner at Harvard recently , Professor Palmer gave some very interesting statistics of the ex pense of a college course nt that institu tion. Of the 235 men in this year'i graduating class , 218 hnd given him a statement of their annual expenditures , Including tuition , board and lodging , books , clothes , amusements , in fact , all the expenses of living during their college - lego courso. Of the 218 , 00 spent between f 100 and 1000 per your ; 53 between | 050 and | 075 ; .13 between ? 975 nud $1,200 ; and 01 over $1,200 per year. The lowest average annual expenditure for the four years wns ? 100 , the highest f 1,000. , The amount spent did not materially affect the class standing , about an equal per cent of these who spent the least and these who tbpcnt the most ranking under 80. 80.Thoso figures are very significant. With a college education representing an outlay of from fl.OOO to $111,000 it is not strange that the per cent of college grad uates appears to bo on the decrenso. Thu fnct of the matter is that in compara tively few cases is college education worth $10,000 of actual outlay to a young man. What is morn , it is not necessay that it should cost that amount. Even at Harvard , which is without doubt the most expensive of all our universities , a man can keep his necessary living ex penses inside of $000. All that Is spent over that is that much spent needlessly nnd therefore foolishly. Professor Palmer's ndvlco to parents on this point is very pertinent : ( live your son nn allowance when you send him to llnivard , nnd oblige him to stick to It. If you pour 8'AOOO into his pockets , 8'J,000 wilt come ( int. Wo cannot remove 51,000 floin your son's pocket , and .say to him what would be perfectly true : "You are better oil with thorumafnlnK 81,000 than you would be with the 3 ,000. It Is you , the parents , w ho must perform the operation , If you ask me , then , what would bo a suit able allowance , I can state it to you In ttev- eral classes. If your son Is something like an artist in economy , ho may live here under SOO. ) a year. If he Is nblo to live closely , carefully , and yet with duo regard for all that ho requires , ho mav easily accomplish It on between SGOO ami 3800. If you wlnh him to live hero at ease , Iroiu & 00 to SI,000 maybe bo well expended. 1 should bo very conn- dent that every dollar given him over (51,200 ( , was a dollar of daneer. Every dollar over $1,200 is n dollar ot danger , and vet moro than 25 per pent In the graduating class spent over $1,2001 Can any moro striking commentary on colle-ge extravagance oo found ? There is ono great evil inallthlaoxtrav- ngance. It encourages the idea that n college education is of necessity expen sive , a luxury that can bo indulged in by the sons of wealthy parents , but which the poor boy cannot afford. Such is not the case. There are many colleges where a young man may keep his expenses v ry much below $500 per year nnd still en joy , in the main , all the advantages af forded by Harvard , Yales , Columbia or Princeton. Our western colleges nro growing fast and they present advantages that nro of a high order. Of course there are sorao minor points in which they * nro inferior to the older nnd wealthier colleges of the east , but in all the requisites of education the.y afford the young man all the opnor- Utilities necessary for mental training and culture. Take the colleges of Ohio , Adclbprt , Oberlin , Woostor , Delaware , Ohio State and others ; in anyone of them a young man can secure a good educa tion , nnd that too , without cultivating to so great an extent the useless extrava gances incident to life at an eastern uni versity. The main point in the whole matter lies with tlio parent. If they will dls-r courage needless expenses the evil will bo curbed , but as long as they supply the moneyl rest assured the boy will spend it. It is part of good judgment for the parent to do all in his power to restrict tins expense. His boy will bo nil the hot ter for it , nnd at the same time the poor man's son who is struggling to secure nn eduerlioii will not become discouraged by being brought in contact with these who , no more than equal in all else , cultivate n shoddy Miponority through an extrava gance that is both uncalled for and harm ful. EDUCATIONAL * CAI.LANAN CnllUKe , He ? Mollies. Inwn. A Homo Soliool fur OlrH. 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