Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 14, 1887)
H 1 ! THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY. JULY 14. 1887. THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TKItMS Or RUBSCnirrlON ! Dnny ( Mornl.n ? Edition ) Including Humlnjr llf.r , Ono Year . (10 00 For Six Months . film For Three Month * . 2W The Omaha H mlny DEK , mnllod to ixujr aUUroftg , Uno Year. . , . 200 OMAHA ornri : . No. on ASP ni FAHVAM STHBKT. Nrw von * orrirr , Ilium . Tiunttsr nrii.inso. WASI1IMJTUN UrriCE , NO. (13 fOUUTKENTUHTlUKT. connr.sroNnr.NCEt > 11 oemmunlontionn relating to notrs nnd e < ll- torlnl mutter Khould bo niMrueaoil to the Hut- Tim or THE Bun. All huclness lottery unit romlttnnces should bo VldroMod to THE HKK I'uni.isitiNU COMPA.NT , On A II A. Drafts , checks and poilofflco orders to bo made payable to the order of the company , THE BEE POBtlSBIlTciPHT , PROPRIETORS , E. noSEWATEU. EniTon. THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Htatcment of Circulation , ( State ot Nebraska. I . . County of DouzlM. f Sl " Oco. 11. Tzschtiuir , secretory of The Bee Publishing company , does solemnly swear that the actual circulation of tlm Dally Bco for tlio week ending July 8 , 1897 , was u follows : Baturclav.Jtily 2. . 14.1M ) Bundav , July : i . , . H.-OO Monday. July 4 . 7,77."i Tuesday. July 5 . H. WHnptday , .lulyC. . 13,000 Thursday , Jnlv 7 . W.01B Friday , July 8 . 13.SH ) Avcraco . 14.132 GKO. 11. TZSCIIUOK. Sworn to nnd subscribed lu my presence this Hth day of July , A. D. 1837. 1837.N. N. P. FEIT- fSEAUl Notary Public Btatoof Nebraska , I . . . JJotielns County , } 88 (5co. U. Tzsohuck , bolnif first duly sworn , deposes and says that ho Is secretary of The lieo Publishing company , that the actual avcrairo dally circulation of the Dally Dee for the month of .luly , Ib80 , 12,314 copies ; for August , 18SC , 12,404 conies ; for Septem ber. ItJiO , iono : ! copies ; for October , ItNJ , I2iH9 ! copies ; for November. IbSO , iaua : . At-Rjtt Aiftvu uuffiDOt mi ITIIIIIII. juvjij * T - W copies ; for April , 1887.141 : ! < 5copies ; for May , lbS7 , 14,227 copies ; tor June 1837,14,147 copies. OKO. 15. T/.scnucK. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1st day ot July A. J ) . , 1&87. ( SEAL. | N. P. Fr.rL , Notary Public. O ACCORDING to the Honolulu pnpora King Kalakaua was hold in public es teem in his country much after that en joyed by Jake Sharp in Now York. Now THAT the school teachcra arc all in Chicago , It would bo a splendid oppor tunity for that city to take on a little ed ucation. It would supply a long felt want. THE Sixth Iowa infantry nnd Third cavalry will hold a reunion at Centre- villo , Iowa , on September 14 nnd 15. Preparations are in progress to make the all'air successful in every respect. THE vote on the granting of a fran chise to the Umalm Motor and the North western railway yesterday was very light. Though over so small it was car ried , no one scarcely voting against it. Is Governor Martin , of Kansas , start ing a boom for the presidency by the pro hibition rouloT His letter printed elsewhere - where would indicate that ho is to become the successor ol his predecessor St. John. Oun neighbors over at Council Bluffs are more fortunate than most people. The gas company of that city has been detected in snowing a disposition to fur nish bettor facilities for the lighting of the streets. YOUNG Mr. Yan Phou Leo , the heathen Cliinco who married the American heir ess , Miss Jerome , of Now Haven , Conn. , is said to bo a great orator. In casting a hasty glance over the United States , It appears that even tiio great orators have had to go. ED CAIIU , the very able and talented murdorot of Albion , has bcon sentenced by Judge Armstrong , to bo hanged ou the 18th of November. Carr , true to the characteristics which were so prominent during the trial , manifested no concern 1U the sentence by the judge. A KANSAS CITV paper is very profuse in its praise of a young man who by being cool and collected prevented the possible destruction of that city a few days ago by lire. If the young mau had only been warm and scattered there would bo no Kansas City to-day. THKRK is no reason why Nebraska , should not Bond a largo representation tc Philadelphia in September to attend the constitutional centennial. Uovernoi Thayer has very properly accepted the invitation and will bo at least one splcn < did representative of the great state ovci whoso destinies ho presides. There can bo no prouder event in the history of tiu country than the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the framing and promulgation of the constitution ol the United States , in which every Amcri cuu citizen should take loyal pride. COLONRL E. I ) . HANNISTKU , of Indiana a scientific student of national poll tics , In conversing with a Br.B roportei takes a rose colored view of the politica future , and sees Cleveland stars shooting in all directions. Colonel Bannister i : one of the many thousands of demo crats who are daily expressing their preference erenco for Cencral ! Stevenson to uko tin second place on the ticket. Genera Stovcnson has used the gullntine on niori official heads than any oilier dcmocra living. It is possible , and naturally so , that in tills respect General Stevcnsoi supplies a long felt wuut , which has note to any great extent been found in Air Cleveland hence his superior fitness fo : the ollico of vice president. AMONG the favorable promises for the fall business none is more reassuring than the prediction of Pennsylvania manufacturers that thorn will be a heavj trade in iron. The ground of this belie is the extensive railroad construction ant the largo amount of building throughou the country. All railroad shop * are re ported to bo very busy constructing va nous descriptions ot rolling stock. Tlu makers of steel rails are so crowded will orders that they are practically out of th market , and requirements that must bi mot at once will have to bo tilled by for elgn manufacturers. The one dangc to the highly favorable promise of thi eltimtlon is in the probability of laboi troubles , which as to ono or two ver ; large Iron manufactories ore now throat encd , , Ohio rtonubllcixn.il , Nothing In politics could bo more cer tain Uian that the republicans of Ohio can carry that state by a very largo ma jority next November If they will avoid dissensions In their own ranks , The only hope the democrats of Ohio have is In republican disaffection , In no other state is the democracy so heavily handi capped. The record of the democratic party of Ohio for the laat four years is ono of corruption , lawlessness and mal administration which it can neither palll- tate nor explain away. The depletion of the public treasury by wasteful expendi tures , the Infamous corruption of legis lators in the election of Senator Payne , the daring frauds In the ballot at Cincin nati , the lawless attempt to scat In the legislature the men who profited by these frauds , the prostitution of the supreme court to partisan purposes , and other cir- umstanecs evidencing the uttvr reck- ossncss and wickedness which have con- rolled the councils aud conduct of the democracy of Ohio during the past few years , make a history which ought to cndor its defeat inevitable despite of my contiugcnoy. And there is uo prob ability of a dilloront result. But it is not sufllcicnt that the party shall , under ho circumstances , bo merely defeated. The defeat should bo overwhelming , so hat the lesson of popular reprobation of ts methods and character shall be effect- ve and far-reaching. This result cun bo regard.nl as assured , f the republicans maintain their lines itibrokcn aud preserve harmony among hcmsolves ; it will bo endangered f they do not. There Iiavo been snveral recent statements , manuting from centres of political uc ivity in Ohio to the effect that there is a good deal of internal strife among Ohio 'cpublicans ' , and that it is growing. Those reports represent that the friends of Sherman and Blalno are sharply ar- 'aycd ' against each other , and charge iovernor Forakcr with playing into the lands of the latter. It Is alleged , not now for the first time , tiiat the governor 9 ambitious to occupy the second place on the next prosidon tinl ticket , and that to gratify this ambition he would not bn mwilling to sacrifice Sherman. The 'rlcnds of the governor vigorously deny his charge and insist that ho is faithful o Sherman and wilt bo found so when the time comes to make his fidelity ef fective. The Cleveland Leader affirm- hat there is no disaffection among repub- leans , except in the minds of democratic editors and the correspondents of Blaine organs , and that Forakor will be renominatcd by acclamation and reelected - elected by an increased majority. On ho other hand the Cincinnati Coinmcr- cial-Qazcllf tolls the governor that if ho s as ambitious as his enemies declare nim to bo "tho way for him to move on is to promote Sherman , " clearly implying a suspicion that ho may entertain a dif ferent purpose. Allowing for more or less misrepre sentation and cxago ration , there is evidently not that complete har mony among Ohio republicans which is essential to the achievement of all the opportunity offers , and the obvious danger is that disaffection umy increase. If gratitude had much to .lo with politics , the plain duty of Forakor would bo to pronounce unqualifiedly for Sherman and exert himself to lead all Ohio republicans to do likewise. This would bo the straight forward and honorable course , and ho might then safely leave the consequences quences to take care of themselves. But if Mr. Forakor is really under bondage to the ambition ho is said to have ho will ivo little heed to suggestions of grati tude. The republican state convention will assemble at Toledo on the 27th of tills month , and it is exocctod that the alleged hostility of the Sherman and Blaine fac tions will bo sharply developed there it resolution should bo introduced en dorsing the former as a presidential can didate , a thing very likely to be done unless Sherman wills that it shall not bo. Suoh an issue in the convention might not defeat but would undoubtedly be a detriment to the republican cause in Ohio , and the democracy of the state are hoDcfully counting upon it. There is a way to disappoint them , und it may bo wisely determined to adopt it. Petroleum Fuel. The utilization of vaporized petroleum as fuel will undoubtedly bo effected in time , and all results loading in that di rection are of interest to manufacturers who Imvo not the advantages of natural gas or cheap coal , as well as to all house holders with whom economy in the use of fuel is a consideration. The import ance of tills question of petroleum tuel cannot bo overestimated , and the solu tion of the problem to which many in vestors are now devoting themselves will bo the beginning of a resolution regard ing the whole fuel question. Assuming n permanent supply of petroleum , the ultimate effect of its utilization for fuel cannot bo computed. An inventor of Springfield , Mass. , who has bcon experimenting for two years , claims to have overcome nil obstacles to the successful use of crude petroleum as a fuel for steam boilers with regard to their size or power , for warming houses , for forgo shops , foun dries , and the thousand and one pur posed , both industrial and domestic , for which heat is required , including steam appliances for steamships aud locomotive - motive * . According to newspaper testi mony the results of the Springfield in ventor's experiments have been approv ingly passed upon by practical and skilled mechanical engineers , who have pronounced his invention the best ex tant. At all evonu it seems quite prob able that the Springfield man has made sonu'thing ot an advance , aud perhaps a very consideiablo ono. Ilo has at least been enabled to attract the support of capital and a company with largo moans has been formed to manu facture his appliances , which have just been patented. A further practical de monstration of the value of this invention will be awaited with interest. Prohibition In XCXUH. An interesting election is to como ofl in Texas next mouth. The Texans are tc decide whether they will adopt a pro hibitory amendment to the constitution , or not ; and the advocates of the amend ment and its opponents are waging a .fierce and zealous campaign. Texas has long been considered the refuge - fugo of a freedom that did not , stop at license train robberies , the frequent use of the revolver and the rohcking hilarity of her first citizens , luvo been thought tc be the . characteristics of Texas which would tolerate no thought of restriction. That prohibition has mustered up courage - ago enough to combat the traditional conditions in Texas , is significant , oven If an overwhelming defeat attends its efforts at thd polls next month. Tha defeat will follow the final effort of pro hibition in the contest can bo presup posed. The South has shown .1 wonderful in clination towards prohibition , it Is true , but that Texas will follow her sister southern states in this now revolution is altogether doubtful. The population of Texas is cosmopolitan in character , and n "round up" there will show that the record of n great number of the voters nro Against the presumption of a prohibitory triumph. The cause of the foothold prohibition has gotten in some southern states , b susceptible of an explanation that docs not hold good in Texas. The object , as avowed in Alabama , Georgia and Mississippi , of adopting pro hibition , is not so much to prohibit the sale of liquor as to put it in the hand ? , or power-of the whites to keep it away from the negroes , as in the days of slavery. In Texas the colored popula tion Is comparatively small when its pre ponderance in Mississipm or Alabama is considered , and therefore the reason that has animated "morality" In the trans- Mississippi states docs not hold good in Texas , Moreover , us said , the white clement that largely makes up the population of Texas is of that southern kind which would have been last to put any restriction upon the liq uor trallic had it been back home in Mis sissippi or Alabama , oven though the nigger would bo cut oft' from his dram. Fleecing Immigrants. When ono of the commissioners of emi gration at Now York made the charge against the American Emigrant company a lew days ago that it was doing an illo- ultimate business ho undoubtedly did not anticipate counter charges which on their face reflect very seriously upon the board of which he is a member. The charge of the commissioner was that the emigrant company lias been carryiny ou a system atic robbery of immigrants , an allegation which the president of the company not only stoutly denies , but which ho pro poses to call the commissioner to a'ccount for in the courts. Meanwhile disclos ures arc made which if true look bad for the commissioners. It is charged that for the consideration of $4,000 a year they have given the monopoly of all the emigrant business at Castle Garden to a railway pool , the members of which reap largo prollts from the arrangement. Besides being clearly illegal since the adoption of the inter state commerce law , the effect of this pooling was to advance emigrant fares more than double. Two years ago , when there was competition , the faro was ? 5 to Chicago , and at that rate the business was profitable. At ono time the com petition became so active that the Penn sylvania road cut the rate to one dollar and continued it for about six months. Then the pool was formed and the rate from Now York to Chicago was fixed at $13 , which is still maintained. Three- fourths of this is profit. No satisfactory estimate could be made of the amount of which the immigrants have been fleeced since the pool was formed , but it is un questionably a very large sum. What may bo shown in court regarding the con duct of the emigrant company , which is a financial institution that handles the money of immigrants , mayor may not bo interesting , but the disclosures re specting the robbery of immigrants by the railroad pool in collusion with the emigration commissioners certainly is so , and it is to be hoped the matter will bo fully ventilated. Humphrey Moynthin'n : Night Wntch. Ever since Humphrey Moynihan landed in Omaha ho has been scheming and plotting to obtain a foothold in our police system. His first attempt last year was to supersede Marshal Cummings. When lie found that Cummings could not be ousted , ho concocted a scheme to undermine him by organizing what he called "Moymhan's Protective Night Watch. " This project also loll through , 111 spite of the petition to which Moyni han had procured several hundred signa tures by misrepresentations. Moynihan first talked of organi/'mg a force of 100 night watchmen , who were to be uniformed at his own cxpenso. when in fact Moynihan had scarcely means enough to buy a decent suit of clothes for himself. After log rolling with the council for a month or two the 150 men in buckram dwindled down to eight niglitwatelimen , who Mr. Moynihan thought would cover the field. The council obstinately refused to become a party to this protective enterprise , and the project was dropped. Mr. Moynihan's effort in conjunction with certain editors to capture the police commission and have himself foisted upon the community as chief of police , is 'nn open secret. This conspiracy was foiled by Governor Thayer. Had it been successful Omaha would have passed under the control ol dangerous elements. It would have bcon very much like placing a pack of wolves in charge of a flock ot sheep. And now Mr. Moynihan comes to the front once moro with his protective watch , which ostensibly , is to cooperate ate with the police force for the public safety. An ordinance has been introduced In the council granting Moynihan authority to organize and maintain his so-called protective watcii. Tlus is nothing moro nor less than a plot to place Moynihan in a position to work all sorts of underhanded schemes that would demoralize the police force and enable him to levy blackmail. Who is asking for this detective watch , and what object has the council in view in giving Moynihan authority to organize - ganizo it ? What is the differ ence between the Moynihan scheme and that of the notorious Folker , who , some years ago , came to Omaha to pro tect our merchants and rid the city ol crooks. If the city needs a detective force , the proper parties to organize it are the mayor and police commission , and why should any professional detec tive bo allowed to operate a police force independent of the authorities charged with the control of police affairs ? Uoos Moynihan's conduct in this city justify any reputable councilman In voting him special privileges as a dctcc tlve ? Are they not aware of the fact that our citizens have no confidence In his in tegrity ? TCould not a man of his stanp placed in control of'a night , watch make t a source of constant' ' anxiety and dan- per ? , , In any event wo doubt whether the council has the right , under the charter , to create tin independent police force tinder whatever name or pretext. The power to appoint the regular police force is vested exclusively In the police commission , The power to appoint special polccmciiin ! | certain emergencies , can bo exorcised , only by the mayor in conjunction with the council. These Bowers , in our ' opinion can not bo delegated to anybody. It is outside of the province of the council and beyond Us p6wtr to grant authority to anybody to exercise police functions , whether in the day time or at night. The only legal way to make Mr. Moynihan captain of the night watch , or even night watchman , is by appointment through the police commission or its mayor. ' _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ HurouTS from Washington show rather an unfortunate and unwarranted state of affairs in the otlico of the pension bureau. The report of General Black's dismiss ing an employe of that department be cause ho saw fit to criticise the presi dent's ac'.ion in the Hag episode will not moot with the approval of any well nnd fair thinking people. The persons who are the subordinates of General Black have the same right to their opinions on public or private matters that General Black has. The trouble under which the commissioner of pensions labors Is that ho Is too inllated with his own self- importance , and wants to fly the tail end of Mr. Cleveland's kite. \V IN : called before the Pacific railway investigating commission Senator Teller indignantly repelled an intimation that ho Is biased in favor of the Union Pacific. The senator is ungrateful. Ilo was em ployed by the company for years as its Colorado attorney , and he never would have achieved senatorial pominonco but for the active interest manifcpted by the company in behalf of its employe. And it strikes us that Senator Teller , like Peter the anostlo , has denied his maker oven before the cock has had a chance to crow. EVEUY county in Missouri proposes to send a petition to the president urging him to visit St. Louis this fall. Such unanimity on the part of Missouri will surprise Mr. Cleveland , who doubtless remembers that after claiming every of fice in the gift of the president , Missouri ollico seekers were put ofl' with two or three insignificant consular appoint ments , the bureau of agriculture and de partment of foreign' mails , so-called com missioner of statistics. Tin : want of a city hospital is becom ing more apparent every day. The city physician recommends that the council shall secure a temporary place for the destitute sick and.injurcd until the new hospital projected by the county has boon erected and.opened. This recommoiuta- tion should receive pYompt attention. ACCORDING to lr , Leisenring's report the 113 deaths last month In Omaha wore offset by 113 births. This is rather too even a showing to maintain that the pop ulation of Omaha is increasing , but then the immigration to the city must bo taken into account. This is simply prodigious , exceeding births and deatns combined by many hundreds. Tirr.ui : is a marked difference of opin ion between Senator Teller , of Colorado , and ox-Senator Hillwith regard to Union Pacific railroad management. This differ ence is not at all surprising. Teller looks at everything through his rail road spectacles. 8TATK ANU TKHKITOIIY. Nobrnskn Jottings. tairbury's municipal expenses for the ensuing year are estimated at $ U , > 1I)0. ) Broken How will vote on the question of issuing bonds for a court house , on the 10th. 10th.Tho The B. & M , extension to Grcclcy Cen ter , Greeloy county , will be completed and in operation in a few days. The stern wheeler , John M. Abbott , with two barges in tow , is plowing her weary way on the Missouri from Ne braska City to Omaha. A splendid rain at Franklin Monday night restored the drooping spirits of the farmers. Small grain is injured by the bugs , but corn is looking well. The Poll brothers , who threatened to start a tannery in Nebraska City and operate it for ten years , picked up a bonus of $1,2CO and skipped , the town , leaving scores of bills as monuments to their swindling abilities. Hen Calkins , of Hooper , has unwit tingly provoked the hailstone contro versy by capturing four chunks measur ing six , seven , seven and a half and ninu inches in circumference. Thov forced an entrance through the windows of his house , followed by a rattling shower of smaller ones. The Fremont Tribune glories in the prospect ol a 105,000 libel suit with N. H. Michael , Senator Mandorson'sprotegc.as plaintiff. The Tribune promises "to show up enough dishonesty , corruption , skulduggery and general cusscdness in coiincction with the scoundrel to stall a train of cars. Lay on Mucdulf ! " "Since the acquisition of the Armour interest at Omaha , " says the Hoycotter of Fremont , "tho papers of that city are claiming for it the 'porkopolis' of America. Considering the natural porcine cine proclivities of .the . general inhabi tants of Omaha , WQ nvt ! not sure but the additional name of Armour , the biggest hog in America , ought to win for them the title. " , A Saunders county farmer , mounted on n frisky plug , raced for a orossing with a cannon ball train on the Ashland cut-oil' , near the Platte river , ( yesterday morning. The farmer won byuxjfow laps , but on reaching the off sido.tho plu < ; shied as the train shot by and ( lumped the rider in tivo feet of mud &ml water. Ho was tloundoring for a lauding when last seen by the trainmen. > i ' 1 ho Minnie Mining cbmpany , composed of Omaha explorers' ' , has filed articles of incorporation in Wyoming. The capital stock is $300,000. Thfc incorporators are Daniel Burr , John Iturkor , Christopher lieinon. Charles Frederick , Charles F. Yates , 11. G. King , J. C. Green. The ob ject of the organization is to acquire and devcloy land containing mica , silver nnd gold. It is said that the incorporation already own several claims in the Whalen canyon mica district , near Fairbanks , and will at once commence operations in that locality. Prof. Bloso has arrived from the east to take charge of the conservatory of music at Franklin. Ho holds conven tions during the summer at McCook , Indianola , lied Cloud , and Smith Center and Kirwin , Kan. Uo was offered tiio diretorship of the Curry institute of music at PitUburg but declined it in favor of Franklin academy , Ic is be lieved bv those competent to judge that Prof. BFoso is equal to. Prof. Sherwin , who had charge of the music at the Crete chautauqua. Seine of the Instru ments nro already purchased for the academy orchestra. Another victim of thn soduccr and masher , daughter of n prominent Jamlly In Grand Island , was found by her father on the brink of ruin and degradation in Choyonuo n few days ago , and brought homo. Last winter she bccamo Infatu ated with a barkeeper named Lynch , a southron , armed with the dovll's weapons of good looks and a "bogad" expression , They eloped uudwcro married in Omaha , moved to Denver , where Lynch con tracted a capacity for his own mcdtcino nnd wife beating , After the Hush of first love ripened into sorrowful experience the young wife found herself deserted nnd penniless. Like scores of "well- raised" daughters she was unable to earn an honest livelihood a nd sodn joined the fallen host. The meeting of father and child was a joyful ono in sad surroundings. A Norfolk correspondent writes : "After n very hot day a Hue rain sot in at 9 p. m. , Monday. This is a matter of rojolc- ing to all but those who have hay down. Small grain is ripe or ripening fast. No chinch bugs in this region. Corn never looked so well at this date in the season. The corn is all erect except in the narrow hail strip near Oakland. Reports como in of severe drought from a streak in Holt nnd Brown counties , but heavy rains nro reported at Valentino and further west. Some young cattle are coming in from the dry parts of Iowa. Eastern Nebraska from Omaha to Yankton is in good shape for fair to heavy crops. " Columbus furnishes a remarkable inci dent of progress that challenges the world for an equal. It comprised thrco great epochs of life marriage birth and death celebrated in ono day ! On Satur day two Pohmdcrs living near town were married. While the festivities wore ut thnir height the guests wore stunned with the announcement that the bride had just presented her lord with a babo. The christening which followed renewed the hilarity , which was stilled a few hours later by tiio death of the babe. A short time sufiiiccd to finish the funeral cere monies , when the dance went on as wild and furious as if nothing had happened and the "happy couple" are said to have been conspicuous figures in the giddy whirl at midnight. As an evidence of modern social progress this is entitled to a patent. Iowa Itcmi. The corner stone for a new Methodist church lias been laid at Ames. _ George Hakor , sr. , an old man between sixty-live and seventy years of ago , living four miles southeast of Ashton , was killed by a vicious bull. The number of hogs cut this season to date at the Cedar Rapids packing house is 105,511 , against 129.419 for the corresponding spending period lost year. The DCS Moines Press club is fitting up quarters. Correspondents will make the rooms headquarters and visiting brethren invited to call. The membership includes a few ladies. The total number of convicts in the state penitentiaries for the month of Juno was 073 , which is sixteen less than for May. For the same period of 1830 there were 717 convicts , so that the past year has diminished this number by forty- four. Custodian Wright reports to the gov ernor that the cost of the care of the cap- itpl building for eighteen months of the biennial year ending Juno 30 , 1887 , was iJ.T8.OOS.li , which includes the payroll of custodian , police and janitors. The sales of odds and ends amounts to $43.50. A vicious bulldog attacked and horri bly mangled : i boy named Clarence Lei- part , in Burlington , last Friday. The dog iranglcd the limb in a frightful manner , and when people rushed to the assist ance of the poor youth , who was liter ally being eaten aliyo , it is said that the brute clung lo the limb with such tenac ity as to tear away the llosh in his jaws when ho was dragged away from his vic tim. The boy was given surgjcal atten tion , but the attending physicians regard his situation as serious , fearing blood poi soning. DnKotn. Harvesting is in progress in Jorauld county. Yanktod county farmers are harvest ing their oats. The total assessed valuation of Bur- leigh county is $3,557,748 , A Catholic convent to support sixty in mates , is to bo built at Aberdeen , The total assessed valuation of Aber deen is $1,700,000 ; of Brown county , ? 7,000,000. The defalcation in the Jorauld county treasury is fixed at $4,000. Nothing has been heard from the absent one. The Caledonia mine , in the Hills , will add forty stamps to the sixty it now has , giving it a capacity of 10,000 tons of oroa month. Something moro than s218,000 was taken out of this mine for the year ended April 30. Proceedings have been commenced for the fonieiostiro of the mortgage on the Queen Bee mill property at Sioux Falls. The principal and interest amount to $11'J.OOO. George I. Sonoy , the heaviest bondholder , is expected to bid in the property. Wyoming. Material for the street railway has ar rived in Cheyenne. The burning of Cowhick &Whitcomb's big store in Cheyenne last week caused a loss of $110,000. The Chiiyonno t&Northerncompany has purchased ground for depots and .side tracks in Douglas , Hattie Hammond , a Chcyonno girl , re turning from n circus , was held up by a footpad and robbed of $ 140 worth of jew elry.The The tax shirkers of Cheyenne are squealing against a raise of the levy and threaten to" hire a lawyer. They can't hire anything else. An excursion party of eighteen Don- voritcs wore jailed in a bunch in Cheyenne - onno a few ( lays ago. They wore "gen tlemen of leisure" in search of a grub stake , but the goddess of Crow Creek hit them for STiS. They are working it out. The case of the United States vs. Samuel K. Itodgors , of Omaha , is bein ; . ' tried before - fore the land officials in Choyonno. The land involved is the Simiinole oil placer claim , comprising from 3,000 to 4,000 acres of land on the line of the Wyoming Central railway near the Rattlesnake mountain region of Carbon county. A STRONG RAT. Ills Chinese Caplor Knocked Out In One Hound. Chicago Enterprise : Up at the Arcade null , ncf 'lie Stton house , the lodgers have been considerably botheryd by the chipmunks and mountain rats , They have bcon a particular source of annoy ance to the Chinese cook , nnd ho had vowed by all the gods in the Flowery Kingdom to reck a bitter vengeance on the hrst marauding rodent that should fall into his clutches. Last Tuesday , while busily engaged in cooking the hash for the morning meal he heard a rustling noise , und on looking around saw what ho supposed to ho a rats head protruding through a break in the floor. Snizing a carving-fork and gliding stealthily up to the object ho plunged it into its body , and with a yell of triumph uplifted the impailud animalexclaiming'Ale : catchuo lat. " The mill boys hearing his cries rushed to the kitchen , but paused on the threshold , for they "smelt a smell. " About this time the Chinaman smelt something too , dropped the fork nnd hroke from the kitchen , packed his clothes and came to Chicago on Wednesday's stage. The loys' ) dialling was to much for him. The' ani mal which liii' had imhalud was ono of lht > genus known soiontilloally as Mophutcs Ajrerieaua , vulgarly termedu , skunk. ' THE COUONKlt'B INQUEST , Flntilnj ? of the Jury In the Ca e of llilly Nugent. The coroner hold an inquest yesterday morning on the remains of Billy Nugent , slioiJuly5by Jack Kolloy. The testi mony of Larry Casey differed materially from what ho told the reporters at the time of the shooting. As ho is n de cidedly questionable character , his testi mony is not considered of any import ance. Now evidence , however , material nnd reliable , was introduced in the per- eon of the bartender of the Gees hotel , The following jury was sworn : Edward G. llowcll , foreman ; Chas. Landrock , Charles F. Dalj , D. A. Davis , L. Brown and J. E. Preston. After the jury had viewed the body , Laurence Casey was sworn and in reply to Mr. Slmcrcl , county attorney , testified that Nugent and ho wore driving in n buggy on Four teenth street on the morning of the 5th Inst. On reaching a house of ill-fame , known as Stella Young's , they pulled np and the prisoner , Jack Kelly , called out to them from the house , "Who's there ? " to which Nugent replied , "Como out nnd I'll show you. " Kciloy then wont over and Nugent struck him twice with the whip , whereupon Kelley drew his revolver nnd attempted to strike Nugent witli it. The second time ho struck , the revolver went off and Nugent fell over on the side of the buggy. Wit ness then drove him down to the jail and reported the matter to the police. Dr. Kauffman was next examined and testified that death was caused by a gun shot wound , the bullet from whinh had entered under the right ear aud lodged in the base of the brain. An abccss had also formed under the right arm and the side had become entirely parali/.ed from the cfleets of the wound. Jacob Alvcrs , a bartender , stated that , on the night of the shooting , ho was walking on Jackson near tourtecnth when ho heard some loud talking and wont over to where Nugent and Keilny were wrangling. Ho heard Kciloy say : "I'll shoot V.OUI" and afterwards ho saw the revolver tired by Koiley and Nugent fell over. Angry words had previously passed be tween the two men , but ho did not hear exactly what was said. Koiley , who was present in custodny , Was asked if ho wished to make any statement , and replied that he would not do so. The jury after a short deliberation found that William Nugent como to his death by a pistol shot maliciously fired by ono Jack Keiloy on the morning of July 5th , 1887 , on 14th strent. Keiloy M a man who has been known to the police for some time as a frequenter of bawdy houses , and a confrere of near ly all the "toughs" in the city. HOMES FOR'THE DEAD. How Their MnnnRnrn Are Arranging the Cost of the Same. A meeting of the directors of the Forest Lawn cemetery was held Tuesday night at which it was decided to raise the price of graves in Prospect Hill fifty per cent. Graves , heretofore , have sold at $13 npiccc , and they will now cost 818. There nro only about a dozen lots to bo had in the cemetery and the price of these will be increased in the same proportion. The rates charged for graves in Forest Lawn cemetery will range trom nothing upwards. A man unable to buy a grave will bo given ono in a curtain locality. The graves may bo bought for $5 , $10 or $15 , according to location. The association has spent about $15- 000 in beautifying this homo for the dead and have succeeded in making it ono of the most beautiful resting places in this part of the country. The deeds to the right of way of the Chicago North western to the cemetery have been made out and the road will run to the entrancein a short timobring ing the cemetery within a few minutes ride of Omaha. The intention of the directors is to turn Prospect Hill cemetery over to the city , though there is no intent to disturb those resting there. ' ANOTHER HOLD-UP. Hnna Young Hollered of $1O4 and HI * Watch. Hans Young , who runs a saloon and lunch stand on Douglas street , closed his establishment at 13 o'clock Thursday night , and started homo. At the corner of Twenty-seventh and Seward streets ho was confronted by two men , a negro and a white man , and beforn ho could realize the reason tor their sudden appearance , the African thrust a gun in his face and commanded him to throw up his hands. It was about a 40-calibru and Mr. Young was gazing right down into the gaping muzzlu , and of course his dukes wont up with alacrity. Then the Caucasian proceeded to go through him , and the job wasn't com pleted until ho had relieved him of a roll of money containing $101 , some small coins and his watch , which the foot-pad unceremoniously twisted off the chain , life was too short to consume time in un hooking it , and the chain was too heavy to carry off. It has como lo such a pass in Omaha , owing to the limited police protection , that a man can hardly consider himself safe any moro oven on the busiest thor oughfares , especially after night. It seems that the frequent hold tips , knock downs and highway robberiesthat are bein retailed daily in the city papers would bring about some sort of a change , or at least awaken the authorities ac countable for all this lamentable and shameless deficiency to some sort of a realization of just how things do stand , Uinaha wants at least eighty good mou in her police service to properly care for and protect her thousands and thousands of citizens and increasing property. TUB COURTS. niSTItlCT. Juduo Wakoloy was yesterday morning hearing the contested will case of Joseph Reese. Ji'ttorit Young filed a petition yesterday morning to rocovur alotof saloon fixtures nnd liquors , alleged to tic illegally hold by John Kralky , 1227 South Thirteenth street. A petition for the release of Al Shaw , who is now confined in the city jail , was filed yesterday morning in this court. The warrant was returnable on the sixteenth of this month. Judge Neville said yesterday that the four judges of this court had been working hard during the present term , with the result that before tha close , every case on the docket would have been culled and could have gnuo to trial if the parties wore present , lie did not know what percentage of the eases had bor.i , reduced , but he did know that next year the percentage of reduc tion would not be less than iiO per cunt. They had gone through all the jury cases and now t'te heaviest part of the work was being done by Judges Groff and Hopewell , who wore the now corners , and who desired to got into the business , although Judge Wakchty was still en gaged in equity business. Judge Neville riaid that ho was going to Diiluth to take a view of the country , and would perhaps be absent about a month. As mentioned in the HKK Judge Groff refused a now trial in the case of the state against Vollmor. the man who shot and killed Dennis Quiulan two months ago. The dcfmuJantV casu was ably argued by Lea Kstelle , latu dis trict attorney , who presented to the court a question which had never before boon argued in this county. It was bvcd ; ? upon Instruction number 4 by the court , io which the jury were told that "where t homicide was proven , ami there was no excuse or explanatory circumstances , that malice is presumed , and it i ) murder in the second dogreo. " The objection to this instruction raised by counsel for the defendant was In the use of the words "no excuse or explana tory circumstances. " Counsel claimed first , that this instruction shifted the bur den of proof from the state to the defend ant ; second , that , under the testimony in this case the Instruction was erroneous tor the reason that It virtually told the iury that they would bo justified in find ing that there was no excuse or explana tory circumstances ; that it was tanta mount to an instruction that they would bo justified in finding Vollmor guilty of murder in the second degree if they found that ho killed Dennis Quin tan and that they could do this notwith standing the facts or "explanatory cir cumstances" were fully presented to them by the testimony offered by the state. It was contended by counsel for defendant that , where all the facts at tending the killing of Quinlan , wore fully presented to the jury by the wit nesses for the state , it was the duty of the court to instruct that malice and intent were to bo proven , just as any other fact in the case. And that malice and iutont to kill were to bo inferred or presumed from the facts attending the killing , and that all such facts'luul bcon fully shown to the jury by the prosecution. Among the authorities cited in support of the position of defendant were : The Arm strong and Wingo eases , decided by Judge Curtis , of the United States supreme premo court , several Ohio oases , nnd the cash of Parish vs. the state , decided in the Nebraska supreme court , nnd finally reversed on account of an instruction similar to the ono complained of in this case. In the afternoon at 3 o'clock Vol- mer was brought into court and senten ced by Judge Groff to twenty years in the penitentiary. Leo Estcllo , attorney tor Volliner , made an eloquent plea for the mercy of the court in behalf of the defendant. Judge Grolf reviewed the case briefly , and said that Vollmer had made two mistakes. One of these was the carrying of a revolver , and the other was that ho did not make n reasonable effort to go out of the way ot danger. I'Ol.lOK COUNT. The case of the State vs. W. P. Eggles- ton , for carrying concealed weapons , continued until this morning. Tom Mitchell , for inhuman cruelty to his wifewas sent over the hill for several days' rest. I'ctor Johnson , for dumping garbage in the middle of the street , was lined $5 and costs. George Williams , William Donavan and John McGuirn , nil wont up for the usual time for drunkenness , as did Bessie Graham and Kiltie Lee. Railway NotOH. Mr. C. C. Burdick , local agent of the Chicago , St. Paul , Minneapolis & Omaha road has bcon appointed general man ager of the Mason City & Fort Dodge coal road. The appointment takes effect from the first of August next. Mr. C. C , Gossard , of the freight claims depart ment , St. Paul , will succeed to Mr. Bur- dick's duties on Monday next. Mr. Potter is continuing his work of retrenchment in the management of the U. P. and it is understood that several officials , now in prominent places are ex pected to retire. There is a common rumor that among these are Messrs Dickinson andDeul , though this is some what doubted because ii has bcon under stood that Dickinson stood favorably with Air. Potter. It is certain , however , that if Mr. Dickinson goes , ho will bo followed by nearly all the higher subordi nates uude'r him. W. H. Hums , the transfer agent in the Bluffs , who hai held that position for some time , has tendered his resignation , and already his successor has been ap pointed. The latter , it is understood , Is ono of Mr. Potter's old Chicago , Burling ton & Quincy's friends , though his name lias not yet been announced. The cansi of Mr. Burns' resignation was thc | cut ting of his salary to $100 a month. A PRUSSIAN "LIEUTENANT. A Typical Mnn ol'HI * Class The Pride or the Uerltnrra. What would Berlin bo without tha Prussian lieutenant ? asks Bliss Perry in a letter to the Springfield Republican , It is hard to imagine , so thoroughly in corporated docs he seem with the whole social structure around him. He and men like him have made the city what it is , and Berlin is prompt to recognize ita political maker , though not otherwise over religious. This homage is received by our lieutenant with a solf-conscious- ncss , or he would not bo German , aud with nn additional stillness which comes of being Prussian. It is a fine sight to see him ou Unter den Linden , as ho saunters majestically through the crowd , with immovable face like Von Moltke's , with vacant eyes that nevertheless al ways notice the hurried salutes ot the privates passing , and with a eolf-cer- tainty that is out of place in this world of confused men and women. The Berliners - ors make way for him with tenderness , for they pay his bills , aud often with a smile , too , at his harmless affectation. Such a one came down Uter den Linden yesterday afternoon , a typical man ol his class , for here was tlio erect , eren gait , the inexpressive blue eyes , the rosy cheeks , waxed moustache , and shoulders broad enough not to have needed the padding under the sinooth-littinir coat ; hero was the half soon cavalry saber , the tight trousers , exquisite boots with tiny spurs in a word , hero was a bit of that perfect machine which Von Moltko do9 clares to bo the foundation of Gorman ' culture. A part of a machine ; it is curi ous to think that this is the best use to bo made of a thiiiKing man in the heart of Europe to-day , but "Von Moltko knowa" and we must'bolievo him , and here was a specimen of the machinery which would have moved to its death just as it moved through the light rain that was falling with trained indifference. A minute before he reached the Wil- helm strassc , a dro.sehky rounded thq corner , and the horsu slid and fell upon the treacherous asphalt. The driver cursed and pulled at the reins and the horse struggled powerfully to rise , but slipped witli every ellori. The driver , stupidly drunkclambered down and took his whip. All ihlti happens tivory rainy day on the Berlin streets , and there is nothing in it to detain for a moment the most careless lounger , to say nothing oi an ollicer whoso dinner is waiting. Crack , cut the whip on the horse's head , once , twice "Stop , you cursed hound" and his whip was snatched by n white gloved hand and tossed Into the middle of the btrect. "Stand back ! " and the lieutL-naiit , hisoycs nil abla/e , soi/.ud the blanket from tlio box , spread it care fully under the horso's fore feet to give him u buttiit footing , took him by the bit and spoke in an Kast Prussian dialect something that the horse , though a born Berliner , understood , for Stretched out his hoofs , felt the blanket under them , struggled to his feet and Mood panting. "Driver , " said the hon est young voice , ' 'do you understand mo * No. 3,217. " No. 3,217 , scared into H nobrioty Imyond that of any of his 5,1X10 brethren , saluted , but dared not speak , nnd the wrathful cavalryman strode on again. Has a Prussian lieutenant u heurlV This is thn question that runs through live nets of a now play at the Deutchus theatre and both actors and audience seem as doubtful about tint proper an swer at the end. as'f f > hey an ; when the curtain rises. If you were to ask No. 3,317 ho would not understand you. Ilia ' ho.rso knows , but iikli ii cniitiing beast , " . baysi nothing , and a Berlin ls < noputht wfbcr. . . ' . , ' ;
