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! THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY. JULY 14. 1887.
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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. . . ' . , ' ;