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IT is not often that a lundsliclo brings
a fortune with it , but ouch an occur
rence hsis just taken plnco in the Blnck
Hills. A slide tlioro lust Monday
brought down $100,000 worth of valuable
oro.
JKFFJ5HSON DAVIS is now swinging
around the southern circle accompanied
by the "Daughter of the Confederacy. "
Just what his object is does not appear.
Perhaps lie only wishes to have a little
fun in his old ago and his "swing" has
probably about the same significance ns'
that of a boy riding a hobby-horbo in a
inorry-go-round.
THE Northern Pacific road lost Mon
day applied for an injunction perma
nently restraining the interior depart
ment from opening indemnity lands to
occupancy under the homestead and
pro-omption acts. It is the company's
cue now to pose as the injured party.
But the whole question will thus bo
brought into the federal courts whore it
belongs , and theoretically , at any rate ,
bo bottled according to the merits of
the case.
CALIFORNIA has hitherto boon re
garded as the most boastful sibler of our
federation , but Dakota , now preparing
to "come out" during the next seasonJin
rapidly eclipsing the former in calling
attention to her attractions. Dakota
bousts : of the torrid heats of her sum
mers and the irresistible blizzards of
her winters , and now she is already
forcing the season by laying claim to
the coldest October snap in the country
or in the memory of the oldest inhabi
tant.
THE intor-stato commerce commi&slon
must bo a credulous body. They have
just issued a circular to the general
managers o ! railways asking them to
specify all instances where they charge
less for longer than shorter hauls and
for what reasons. If the railroad com
panies can bo induced to lodge com-
ylaints against themselves in this way
they must recently have assumed an
honesty 9f character that will bo an un
expected surprise to the public.
Now that Civil Service Commissioner
Edgorton has joined ibsuo with Oborly
in regard to the rights of omco-holdors
to participate in political work , ho is
besieged with questions as to how far
such action can go without clashing
With the statutes or public opinion. Ho
eplies "that government employes
iuvo a right to connect themselves with
| Xlitical organizations , and the latter
itan assess members for political pur
poses , " without danger. And BO the
civil service farce goes on.
SAN FIIANCISCO papers state there is
reason to believe a great land , fraud is
in preparation in the northern part of
the state , the object being to gobble up
all the best timber hinds not already
appropriated. Of course n "company"
has boon formed , and the usual tactics
to steal within the limits of the law , as
far as possible , have boon employed.
Organized and legalized robbery hut
beconio so prevalent that it is about
time corporate grand Inroony were pun
ished like individual thievery.
THE extent of land involved in th <
controversy between the Western Lani
company and the settlers in O'Brior
county , Iowa , is upwards of 40,000 acres
About 250 squatters nro interested am
fifteen have already boon evicted. Tin
land was bought by English capitalist
from the Milwaukee &St. Paul railroad
nnd they claim that favorable term
have boon offered to nil settlers \vh <
wish to purchase the claims they occupy
They have shown little debiro to become
come subjects of British landlords , however
over , hence the evictions.
F
A HKCKNT rumor and it may bo per
tiiuint to remark that it requires noltho
i money nor bruins so start n rumor-
informs us thnt aconbolidnilon of all th
labor nnd prohibition parties In th
country has been proposed for the nox
presidential campaign. Lot us imagine
for a moment , Powdorly , Henry George
McGlynn , St. John , Bolvu Lockwooi !
General Fisk ot al , all boiling togothc
in the sumo political pot , and then tur
our thoughts at once upon somethin
that will require less mental stnilr
That compound would bo inoro cxploalv
ihun dynamite.
Non-Pnrtlsnn Jadgcfl.
A largo gathering of representative
citizens , presided ever by Judge Lake ,
has unanimously pronounced in favor
of the non-partlsnn judiciary ticket for
this district. The vote of oonfldonco
glvon to Judges Wakoly , Graft and
Hopowoll and Hon. Gcorgo W. Doano ,
as mon eminently qualified for the
bench , expressed the general sentiment
of the intelligent and law-abiding
citizens of the entire district.
Individually or as a whole no ticket
over nominated in this state was com
posed of men ns capable and worthy to
flll positions within the gift of the pco-
plo.
plo.Tho
The BEE congratulates the citlzons of
this district not only upon the excellent
choice made , but the fact that mon who
rank among the ablest jurists in Ne
braska have consented to servo on the
district bench at n salary which is
ridiculously below the earning capacity
of any first-class lawyer.
Having boon placed in nomination
without seeking the office , it is not ox-
poclcd that thefao candidates will lower
the dignity of their calling by entering
into a personal tcramblo for popular
support at the polls.
It remains now for the people of the
district to register their sentiment
through the ballot-box in favor of a pure
non-partisan judiciary.
Tlio Ijaw and the Trusts.
It would seem that the ingenuity of
monopoly has evolved , in the form of the
"trust , " a creation wholly outside of
nnd unknown to the law , and the ques
tion how the latest development of cor
porate combination shall bo successfully
combattcd is a serious and interesting
ono. Wo noted upmo time ngo the opin
ion of n noted Now York lawyer that
corporations which become identified
with trusts thereby practically surren
der their corporate franchises and could
by process of law bo compelled to close
up their business. There can bo no
question thnt u corporation which enters -
tors a trust violates the conditions of its
existence which impose legal obliga
tions upon its officers and stock
holders in delegating tx > others
unknown to its charter the au
thority to conduct and controHho busi-
ncfcs for which it was created. But hav
ing done this what redress would there
bo for the public in proceeding against
a corporation and withdrawing its fran
chise ? What is required is that monopoly
ely in the form of the trust shall bo pre
vented , and it is not apparent that this
can bo accomplished by action to wipe
out corporations already practically dis
solved and gene out of independent ex
istence by absorption in a trust.
This matter is dibcusscd by a writer in
the Harvard Law Hcvicw , who admits
that trusts present no definite point of
attack , and that affirmative action by
the legislative power will bo
necessary to their destruction. The
fault of these who discuss the question
is that they do not suggest the kind of
legislation required to remedy the evil ,
which indicates that there are difficul
ties in the way that may bo found not
easily surmountable. A case is now
pending in Louisiana against the Cotton
Seed Oil trust the result of which will
bo interesting. It is an application for
an injunction to prevent that monopoly
from transacting business in the state ,
in the ground that being neither a part
nership nor a corporation it has no
ogal status. If the decision is against
he trust a valuable precedent will
bo supplied which may bo followed in
ithcr states.
But this way of combatting the mo
nopoly is slow , tedious , and must
ilways bo uncertain. It being conceded
> hnt the trust is unknown to the
aw , it is clear thnt in order to deal with
t properly it must bo given legal cogni
tion. What is required is general and
uniform legislation among the states
which will absolutely prohibit the
'ormation of such combinations nnd
nako their oxhtonco impossible. Noth
ing short of this will bo entirely offoc-
, ivo for their prevention , or for the
destruction of these now in operation ,
which would doubtless speedily go to
'ho wall under such adverse legislation.
With Power to Act.
The present council has resumed the
dangerous practice which prevailed
some years ago by which power to act
was conferred upon sub-committoos or
city officials. To delegate the power
which the charter confers exclusively
upon the mayor and council is on ita
face illegal , and the exorcise of such
power is always liable to abuses which
load to jobbery. A week ago
the council by resolution desig
nated two council committed *
and several city officers as a
special committee with power to act on
the proposed reconstruction of the east
wall of the city hall foundation. Had
this committee exorcised the protondcd
power it would have done so in violation
of the charter , which expressly provides
in section ono hundred and twenty-
seven that every resolution involving
an oxponditnro of money shall first be
submitted to the mayor for approval
the same as any ordinance , and
if vetoed by the mayor , it shall bo void
unless it is passed ever the vote by two-
thirds ot the council. At its last meet
ing the council received a bid for reconstructing
constructing the east wall of the cltj
hall foundation from Regan brothers ,
contractors for the basement , and the
bid was referred to the board of public
works with power to act. Now the boare
can oxorclbo no such power legally
under the charter , because it involvci
an expenditure of money , and there fan
must bo treated as a contract , which requires
quires joint action by the mayor um
council.
Thisleaels to the question why tin
council so persistently continues to ignore
nero the very important provieioi
of the charter that makes tin
mayor and council jointly responsible
sponsiblo for expenditures nnd contracts
Not only does the council often vote t
committees the power to act when ni
indebtedness is incuricd , bWit is cus
tomury to create liabilities under cxUt
ing contracts which should in all case
have the joint approval of the mayor
and council. Almost at every mooting
resolutions nro adopted to locnto now
fire hydrants , and additional gas
lamps. Thcso resolutions nro clearly
subject to the mayor's approval
before they can bo considered as legal.
Every additional flro hydrant creates n
liability for $00 a year to the water
works company , nnd every additional
lamp-post creates a liability of $32 n
year to the gas company. It is mani
festly the duty of the council to have all
such resolutions nnd orders submitted
to the mayor for his approval
before action is taken. The power to
act by committees was abolished
three or four years ngo and should
never have been revived. The only
safety for the tax-payers is the strict en
forcement of the safe guards which the
charter provides against reckless waste
of the public funds and jobbing schemes
which arc engineered through with a
rush. „ „ . _ _ _ „ „ _ _ _ _
Still Harping on Subsidies.
There was a meeting in Boston a few
days ngo of prominent gentlemen who
are especially interested in improving
the shipping interests of the country.
The subject is ono that ought to inter
est everybody , the producers of the west
as much as the merchants and manufac
turers of the oast. It is easily demon
strable that were this country possessed
of the ocean shipping which it should
have as a great commercial nation every
farmer who has a bushel of grain to sell
for export would bo benefited directly ,
besides the general advantages to bo
gained in keeping among our people the
largo amount of money annually paid to
foreign ship owners for freight charges.
There nro the amplest and weightiest
arguments in favor of restoring Ameri
can shipping on the ocean , all of which
have relation to the interests and wel
fare of the whole people. The disad
vantage to a great and growing com
mercial country in being dependent
upon other nations for the transporta
tion of its products to the markets of the
world is so obvious that nobody can fail
to see it. Wo do not know that anybody
pretends to deny it.
The difficulty has boon nnd still is to
devise a bafo , wise and practicable policy
for bringing about the restoration of the
shipping interest. There is an associa
tion called the American shipping and
industrial league formed for the purpose -
pose of formulating a policy
and keeping this question before -
fore the public. Its branches
have hold meetings this year , and it
was a part of this organization that as
sembled in Boston the other day. But
unfortunately for the cause it advocates ,
the league seems to have settled down
to u single central idea , and that is that
the country can secure an ocean ma
rine capable of competition with that
of other nations only by the aid of the
national treasury. The policy urged by
the shipping and industrial league is a
system of subsidies , and it has very little
tlo else to propose. Nothing , in fact ,
that is not contingent or dependent
upon subsidies.
This policy has never been favorably ro-
arded by the people and is never likely
to bo. It has loss chance of receiving1
popular approval now than it had ten
or twenty years ngo. Public donations
for building up special interests are
; oing out of rather than coming into
'avor. The people are asking that they
shall bo relieved of taxation and all un
necessary forms of government expendi
ture that render taxation necessary ,
nnd nro not in a mood to add to the demands -
mands upon thorn , particularly in a di
rection the limitations of which it
would bo impossible to define. The
subsidy policy having been inaugu
rated , where would it stop ? The people
being saddled with this additional bur
den , what possible dimensions might it
not reach before it stopped growing ?
Are there not protected interests
enough that practically receive subsi
dies from the people ?
The country ought to have an ocean
marine sufficient to move its commerce ,
and in time it will havo. But not by
means of unlimited government subsi
dies growing from year to year , and
almost certain to become a perpetual
burden upon the people.
Hon. Gcorjo AV. Doanc.
The selection of Hon. George W.
Doano to fill the place made vacant on
the non-partisan judiciary ticket by the
death of Mr. Stow is by all odds the
best that could have boon made. Among
the 300 lawyers of the district no man
ranks higher than George W. Doano ,
and no man enjoys the popular confidence
nnd esteem in a more eminent degree.
During a residence of moro than twenty
years in Omaha Mr. Doano has always
boon a loader at the bar , and a model
citizen in every respect. Ho has rep
resented Douglas county in both houses
of the legislature throe or four different
terms and made a record of which any
man could bo proud. It is a great sacri
fice for Mr. Doano to give up his lucra
tive practice , and it is only because ho
has ample means that ho can afford to
gratify the highest ambition of the
profession which has its culmination on
the bench.
MOHE credibility could bo given to
the reports regarding a hostile feeling
between the friends of Sherman unc
Forakor in Ohio if they came through
other channels than democratic papers
and the organs of the distinguishoi
citizen abroad who is assumed to bo the
most formidable opponent of Mr. Sher
man as a possible % presidential candi
date. There are certain plausible as
sumptions in thcso reports , but an in
telligent view of the situation must
malco plain to any ono that noithoi
Sherman nor Forakor would make the
fatal mistake of permitting serious dis
affection in the party -at this time
It is impossible to see how
under any circumstances either
could bo the gainer by it
but it is entirely apparent that both
must lose. They are mon"of too mucl
political judgment nnd foresight to coin
mit any suuh blunder as to now intro
duce or allow to bo introduced in the
campaign any cause of dissontion or dis
turbnnco. There is every reason to bo
Hove that the harmony established a
Toledo will continue unbroken througl
the campaign , whatever may happor
afterwards , and there io still no rensor
to doubt , as there would bo if these re
ports were true , that the republicans
vlll bo successful In Ohio by a largo
majority. The eajinpaign grows in.
vnrmth nnd vigor actho end approaches ,
and the Buckeye Estate has had no
Ivollor political contest in many years.
THE effort of the council to scouro
> otter strcob car accommodations and
acllities is commendable. It is n mis
taken idea , however , that the street
cars in Omaha do not run ( ast enough.
They frequently run , BO fast thnt they
cannot bo stopped or caught by the fastest
man or woman cither. The trouble is
not with the speed of the cars but with
, ho number ot their trips. There should
> o moro frequent trips on some of the
incs , nnd it would not bo asking too
much on behalf ot the public to insist
on larger cars with conductors where
lie travel is heavy. As to the heating
of street cars there are two sides. The
inssengor who sits against a red hot
car steve with the car door opening and
closing about every mlnuto will broil on
ono side nnd freeze on the other. The
chances of catching cold are ton to ono
greater in a heated car than In ono
without steve heat. If steam or hot
vator heating could bo introduced there
might be moro comfort and less ex-
) osuro. _ _ _ _ _ _ „ „ _ _
Tnn republicans of Chicago who are
iworablo to Mr. Robert T. Lincoln as a
presidential candidate have begun nn
earnest movement in his behalf , and the
organization of Lincoln ward clubs in
, hat city is a promised event of the near
'uturo. Elsewhere the eldest son of the
Irst republican president continues to
jo casually referred to in favorable
, orms , and on the whole it seems likely
-hat - the Lincoln boom is to have its
.urn. . The first stop in the Chicago
movement , however , has developed the
! act that the preference ol republicans
s by no moans all ono way , and that the
supporters of Mr. Lincoln will bo con
fronted by a counter movement in the
interest of other candidates that will
not bo easily ovorcomo.
IT is in accord with the eternal fitness
of things for the .Republican to throw
cold water on the efforts of the police to
suppress gambling dons. Its pot candi
date for district judge , the Honorable
Lee Estollo , was hired by the gamblers
fist winter to smother the anti-gambling
1)111. The sporting fraternity nro bolid
[ or Estollo and the Republican naturally
reciprocates by belittling and misrepre
senting the police in their efforts to on-
'orco the law.
Oun nmiablo contemporary the Her
ald , has discovered.a mare's nest in the
shape of an alleged1 conspiracy on the
part of Sheriff Coburn to manipulate the
board of education in the interest of his
own ro-eloction. Mr. Coburn is only ono
of fifteen members , and it is simply ab
surd to charge himtwith carrying seven
members in his pocket. It takes at
least eight votes in the board to carry
any proposition. (
GEOUQE TIMBIE'S frantic appeal to
the Germans to keep him and the other
notorious Timmo nt the public crib is
very amusing. The only tangible rea
son given by his champion in the Gor
man paper is that Timmo is a bulwark
against Irish domination in the court
house.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
MR. SCOTT struck the nail on the
head when ho charged at the mass-moot
ing that Judge Groff would have been
endorsed by the roustabout convention
if ho had uot granted that temporary
injunction against Cadet Taylor's printing
steal. '
ing _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TIIE most effective service our Doug
las street contemporary can render to
the republican county ticket is to stop
its vindictive flings at Judge Groff and
its idiotic ridicule of George W. Doano.
TITKUE will bo an overlap in the gen
eral fund at the end of the year ; but
that does not prevent the council from
paying for supernumerary deputies in
the offices of the clerk and treasurer.
GEOKOK TIMME'S extraordinary feats
in mileage ought to entitle him to the
champion pedestrian bolt , which Weston -
ton carried for so many years.
THE ring around the moon does not
attract half the attention that the rings
around the court houses do all ever the
state.
KINGS AND QUEENS.
Prince Henry , of Battonburg , is to bccomo
an aldo-do-camp to Queen Victoria. Ho will
probably bo n good deal of a gascon-aido.
Princess Loulao of Wales inherits the deli
cate health of her undo , the late duke of Al
bany. Her years ere regarded as "num
bered. "
Princess Beatrice is said to bo writing some
clever verso. Two of her little gems have
recently found their way into a collection of
English poems.
The public museum nt Nuntos , Franco , has
just acquired the casket in which was placed
the heart of Anne of Brittany , Queen of
Franco andNavarro. ( It is solid gold.
Emperor William was- recently congratu
lated upon his good health , when ho said :
"Yes , I feel very well , but I must bo so , for
there Is ono wish which I'hopo ' to llvo to BCO
f ullllled to hear once moro the volco of my
son Fritz firm nnd sonorous as it was of old.1
Queen Victoria has lccn ] engaged of late at
Balmoral in revising the proofs of a "popu
lar" biography of the prince consort , which
has been written by thcKev. . William Tul-
loch , son of the late Principal Tulloch. This
work will contain several unccdotcs contrib
uted by her majesty. '
On the occurrence of the Schnaobclo affair
the emperor of Germany , having had the
papers relating to the UUMO brought to him ,
wrote on the back , "glvo" the French their
rights , their whole rights , mul nothing but
their rights , and do not put mo at my ago in
a position to have to malco excuses. "
King Humbert of Italy , Is reported to hnvo
said in a recent conversation that the best
monarchy is the ono in which the king is felt
every where without being observed. "And
the best republic ! " ho was asked. "It Is that
ono , " was the icply'where , us in America ,
the genius of the people has BO deeply penetrated -
tratod every fiber of social fabric that no
jilaco remains for king. "
Tlio Empress Augusta is moro than Bovcn-
ty-nvo years of agu , and has not changed the
style of her dt ess for the last twenty-five
years. She still wears the same dark brown
wig , anil recently ot the oj > cru was dn-sscd in
n whltu broi-udo gown , anil were a white cap
of plush on her head Instead of u bonnett.
Around her neck she were a cnam of largo
emeralds.
Prince Ferdinand's mother , a restless , in
triguing nnd busy old woman , with nn im
mense "handle" to her face , and blinking
eyes tbnt don't dnro to look straightforward
lost they should reveal the "managing" soul
jehlrul them , U causing prayers to bo of
fered p for her son's success at all the lady
chattels of upper Austria , nnd Is Bonding n
* lft to Lourdcs to sccuro the protection of
that shrlno for Ferdinand.
An nmuilng anecdote comes from Frcdcnv
oorg In Denmark , the .ouiiwrury residence
of tlio Russian lni | > crlal family. Two of the
czar's ' children who nro laid up with the
measles , refused to take the physio pro
scribed for them. The young people were
not to bo persuaded. At last the czar was
sent for , and finding thnt kind words were of
no nvnll , ho began to scold. Even that did
not succeed , so , turning to the mlrso , the
cznrsaidi "I can do no iroro. And yet just
think that millions of subjects obey mo ,
whllo thcso strlplingSDput tuo at defiance. "
Golnfj Itllllnd.
South Omaha StocJcmcm.
The Omaha Republican Is cracking the
party whip at a furious rato. It attacks any
republican who shows the least sign of In
dulging In frco thought or independent
action. To follow the advlco or teachings of
the Republican , It would bo necessary to shut
one's eyes nnd blindly follow the leaders to
victory or destruction , ns the case might bo.
Iiulinti Sntnmer.
Thcso northern wilds , where once the red
man strayed ,
Now know his trlbo no moro. Whcrolong
ifjo.
Ho tracked the startled deer through brake
and glndo ,
No human sound is heard ; no camp-fires
clew
At night along the shore , though still the
loon
With wier , wild laughter , floats upon the
bay ,
And In the ferns the rasping crickets croon ,
While squirrels caper in their graceful
play.
No memory Is loft of trlbo or cblof ;
Long since they gained the happy hunting-
grounds ;
And many an autumn wind has strewn with
leaf
And mos < y twig their nameless burial
mounds.
Still , hero nnd there the fragile Indian pipe
Lifts up Its waxen bowl , nor flower , nor
weed ,
Yet of the shadowy past a fitting typo
A veritable plpo of peace , indeed I
And somewhere , 'twixt the summer's heat
and glow ,
And winter's cold , wild winds and drifting
snow ,
There falls a dreamy season , like a spell
Upon the weary earth. None can foretell
Its advent or its close ; but , ah 1 the days
Are full of mellow beauty ; and the luizo
That purnlcs distant hill-tops and the trees ,
Is't smoke of phantom wigwams uo ono
sees !
For 'tis the Indian summer 1 Season rare ,
Whoso soft and Hooting sunshine , balmy
air ,
Wo hold the dearer , slnco they may not last.
Too soon , wo know , the bright days will bo
past ,
And cling to them , as some fond lover clings
To ono ho loves. Each note the wild bird
sings
Wo hoard ; and in the short , sweet after
noons ,
Wo find again the charm of vanished Junes.
What richer legacy could wealth bestow
Thau this the red man loft us , long ago t
STATE AND CEKIUTOUY.
Iowa Items.
Two Chinamen have been naturalized
in Clinton.
The now Catholic church nt Osage
was dedicated yesterday.
Farmers at Grand Junction report the
corn crop as averaging forty to seventy
bushels per aero.
Great preparations are being made at
Dubucjuo to celebrate the completion of
the high bridge , November 20.
The now towers and spires on the
church of the Sacred Heart at Dubuque
have boon completed. The height of
the lessor ono is 130 foot aud the larger
ono 20G } .
pskaloosa boasts of its educational fa
cilities , having three colleges ono
founded twenty-five years ago and a
fine high school.
Charles Ihs awoke Sunday morning
in Sioux City to find a roll of $225 taken
from under his pillow. The sabbath
hours were employed in a vigorous
search for the visitor.
Black Hawk , a prince of the Winne-
ba < ro Indian senate , who lost a mongrel
mule while riding in state through
Sioux City during jubilee week , has
sued , the city for SCO damages ,
"Wyoming.
The wife of Mayor Rinor , of Chey
enne , died suddenly last Sunday.
Cheyenne is preparing to celebrate
the advent of the Burlington road next
month.
The glassworks at Laramie nro in
operation , with a liberal bunch of orders
on hand.
Laramie is promised a fine depot , at
a cost of $20,000. Manager Potter is
distributing favors all along the line
with a lavish tongue.
The bridge of the Cheyenne & North
ern ever the Platte , 122 miles from
Cheyenne , is completed. The first
train pulled over it last Saturday.
The pursuit of the escaped murderer
of Deputy Sheriff Gunn continues in the
northern wilds. No information has
been received from the front for several
days.
Colorado.
Brick and stone masons are in de
mand in Leadvillo.
The Midland railroad between Denver
nnd Leadvillo is in operation.
Denver merchants have started a rate
war on the railroads and a radical reduc
tion is demanded as the price of peace.
Denver papers are trying to bolster
up the city by crying down Omaha's
progress. In bank clearings , real estate
bales and general business Omaha main
tains a winning load , and scatterti the
dust in the eyes of Jtho emporium of
consumptives.
Montana.
Helena built 808 now buildings this
year , costing $1,230.000.
The railroad between Helena and
Murysvillo is completed.
Nearly 1,500 feet of the big tunnel on
the Montana Central at Wickcs has been
bored.
The Rocky Fork & Cooke City railroad
is now being graded at the rate of a milo
a day.
The assessed valuation of Helena is
87,777,000 and the population is esti
mated at 12,000.
The Chens Club.
The Chess club mot last night at Dr.
Ullrich's ofllco , 1400 Farnam street , nt 8
o'clock , to complete the organization. The
following are the members of the club ;
George Barker , George Swartz , Dr. James
Carter , Dr. C. W. Ullrfch , D. M. Stuart , W.
A. Gardner , M. U. Powell , J. F. Garretty ,
D. .Silbersteln , Ed. Daniels , E. E. Cllppcn-
Kor , E. A. Odson. A. P. Johnson , E. 11. Hall ,
W. H. Evans , H. W. Crolghton , J. W. Bylcr ,
Dr. Bocrstlcr , George A. Crancer , F. MayS.
Scllguian , A. Sorensen , I. Scliltl , E. B.
Oralmm , Julius Meyer , Fred Nye , II , H.
Miller , Paul Liotz , Dr. J. M. Swetnam.
Oflleers were elected as follows : Gcorgo
Baikur. president : Julius Meyer , vlco presi
dent ; W. A. Gardner , secretary , Dr. Ull
rich , treasurer. A commlttco consisting of
Messrs. Gcorgo Barker , Julius Meyer , J. W.
Bj'hler , Paul Lcitz , and Gcorgo SwarU , was
appointed to draft suitable ) by-law * and
secure appartmeuts , furnlturo and appurte
nances for the use of the club. The com
mittee was ulso empowered to receive addi
tional names until the membership of fifty
was attained at.tho same fco as charter
members until the next meeting. The club
then adjourned until next Wednesday ulght.
"ON TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN , "
Qoorgo Francis Irnln , Who Stands
There , Now In Omaha.
HIS MULTITUDINOUS VIEWS.
Caught Hy n llco Reporter ns tlio
4'Mnn of Destiny" Hovels iu the
Torrhllty of a Turk *
Mi Bnth.
Train Arrives.
Yesterday evening news was received In
this city that George Francis Train , ono of
OmnVm'n earliest friends , would nrrlvo on
the 0:55 : p. m. trnln from Kansas City. Fif-
locn minutes before tlio tlrno marked for the
arrival of tlio train , Mr. Gcorgo P. Bcmla , of
tills city , nnd the BKU representative mot nt
the B. < Ss M. depot by appointment. A few
minutes later Eddlo Parker , ono of tlio A. D.
T. messenger boys , whom Mr. Bomls had en
gaged , by Mr. Train's telegraphic Instruc
tions as Interpreter , mndo Ills nppcnranco.
The train wts twenty minutes behind time
nnd when nt length It arrived Mr. Bcmls , the
HUB man and the "interpreter" sought for
Mr. Train In the Blcepcr , but foiled to find
him. Nobody on the train know that ho had
been aboard. The party then drove rnpldly
to the Paxton , expecting to find a telegram
to the effect that Mr. Train had been delayed
nt St. .Too , when the great traveler was scon
disembarking from nn omnibus. The1 reporter
was Introduced to him by Mr. Beints , nnd
extended his hand. But the hands of the
two great men did not meet In friendly clasp.
Mr. Train raised his hat , bowed and sirulcil
nnd exchanged courtesies , while Mr. Bcmts
remarked that Mr. Train neither shook hands
with nor did ho touch any person. The latter
experienced no embarrassment in opening
the conversation and immediately rattled In
a rney , cheerful manner. Ho expressed n
dcslro to bo escorted Immediately to Dr.
Worlcy's Turkish baths on Dodge street and
the party Immediately started in that direc
tion. AB the corner of Farnam nnd Four
teenth streets was reachedtho motley crowd
known ns the Salvation army passed , making
the noise generally produced by its combina
tion of tambourine , bass and snare drums
nnd cornet. A still more motley crowd fringed
the walk nnd cutter ns the heavenly cohort
shuffled by. It attracted Mr. Train's atten
tion. Ho was told the noise milkers belonged
to the Salvation ormy and then ho smiled.
"Sco there , " ho exclaimed. "I never
did such a thing as that. Yet
they said I was crazy nnd
threw mo into jail. I never caused such n
disturbanco. Say , don't you think this is
something ho ( Mr. Bcmls ) has gotten up for
my benolitl"
Mr. Train hero stood where the rays of the
outside electric light of the Paxton rested
ui > ou his face and brought his form and nt-
tire Into strongrclicf. His face was bronzed ,
almost swart ; his imperial of other days had
disappeared In n not very luxurant and griz-
s-led beard which struggled up His checks. A
stiff , dark brown hat covered his head. Be
neath this a pair of grey eyes glistened with
remarkable brilliancy , locks of almost fleecy
whiteness hung about his oars. Ho were a
turn-down collar , with a black , self-adjusta
ble , bow tie , a suit of custflin-inado clothes ,
which would retail probably at § 15 and over ,
hung loosely n coat of cheap material , the
most noticeable feature of which were a
beaver collar and n set of cuffs.
The party proceeded north on Fourteenth ,
stopping for a moment to watch the manou-
vres of the Salvationists nt the comer of
Douglas street , and then getting directly to
the baths , where it was welcomed by the
proprietor , Dr. Worloy. Several outsiders ,
by this time , had learned of Mr. Train's
arrival and were permitted to see him.
Rooms were assigned to the gentleman
and the BEE man , as also the representative
of another paper , and the thrco disrobed nnd
entered the bath-room of the institution.
Hero Mr. Train abandoned even the slight
covering provided by the proprietor , remark
ing that it was his desire to enable the re
porters to got at naked facts.
In the parlance of the sporting world , Mr.
Train stripped well. There was scarcely a
pound of superfluous flesh upon his frame.
Ho was shapely in every limb , with a well-
developed chest and a pair of arms which ho
evidently know how to use in rendering
emphatic the thoughts to which ho gave ex
pression. Ho had not been in the apartment
long , bcforo a gentleman , who hud
preceded him and who , from n
scat which had been warmed
to n temperature of about ono hundred and
fifty degrees , gazed at blm with the vacant
look of a party who had not been given a
problem to solve- and was unequal to the
solution , Later , the vagueness of expres
sion disappeared and tlio stolid bather fol
lowed every sentence of the rapid talker nnd
greeted with hearty laughter every npposito
comparison and ludicrous idea which was
Injected into the monologue.
In that roasting room , with beads of moist
ure standing upon the frame of every occu
pant , the party remained an hour , and
listened to Mr. Tr.iin who talked enough to
fill a book as largo as Blaino's "Twenty
Years of Congress. "
'Omaha is great nnd flourishing , " I under
stand , " ho said. "They toll mo you have n
population of between 80,000 and 100,000. I
know vou would. I foretold it fifteen years
ago. They laughed at me. Some said I was
crazy , others that I was eccen
tric. No wonder they called mo crazy.
That's the return every man gets who lives
in advance of his ago. Why , I remember a
littli > , one-story , shingled nnd wooden slmnty.
That was Kountzo's bank. You couldn't
pass between the stove and the wall withoat
burning yourself. There Kountzo sat nnd
cashed five dollar checks. I saw him when
I got back. I took one of his checks. Made
it for fSO.OOO. Then I changed it for
$5,000.000. I showed him that it required
Just about the same amount of ink to write
ono as it did the other. Where Is Kountzo
to-day 1 I told him ho would have to have a
three-story building and ho did , later , didn't
hoi Well , of course the people laughed.
What about annrchyl Why orarchy is all
right. Anarchy is the higher law. It is the
law of ull laws , meaning when
cvory thing is right. Anarchists have
over been the men who hnvo beneflttcd the
world. No reform was over effected in the
history of nations which was not done in
dofhmco of law. The promoters of these
reforms were heroes. I told them so In Chi
cago. For llvo days I hold the pollco of that
city at defiance. They stood up in front of
mo 150 btrong. I talked to thorn , as I talk to
you now. They suppressed the Psycho
anarchist. I asked them if they did not
know they were doing wrong. I suidC.iptuiu
O'Donnell , don't you know that I am right. "
Ho stood thoio with the police , but did not
answer mo. Said I , 'you have arrested a
little boy for selling the Psycho paper. But
como and arrest mo for selling it.1 But ho
didn't. ' I took the paper and I sold all the
copies in the crowd , nnd the policodidn'tduro
to arrest mo.
"What is your opinion of Mayor Roacho
who closed the halls against you 1"
"Oh I fixed him. I called him the cock
roach. I've named him and the name will
stick to him as long as ho lives. Ho couldn't
touch mo. I dared him. I had at my back
80,000 people who would have interfered.
They wei o within my Psycho twist. " [ Here
Mr. Twain twisted his wrist , indicating by
such a movement which strained the muhcles
of his arm he would have brought myi luds to
his side , j
"Yes , I remember almost everybody who
were hero in the early day. There were Mil
ler , Kountzo , Hamilton , OnldwoH , Popploton ,
Koscwutcr and others. I'm going to publish
u book ovi-ry day of 400 pages. The greatest
achievement over accomplished. I'll ' show
you the beginning of it. 1'vo got it with mo.
I had a tilt with Donnelly. What a ridiculous
person ho makes of himself. Shakespeare
lives. The grave Is not his goal. "
"I'll ' tell you why I loft Now York. I had
been for fourteen years In Madison square.
Psycho moved mo from my scat. I was hyp-
noticed. I btarled to save the anarchists ,
and I've done It. Look at these old wrinkled
grannies of the supreme court. [ Hero Mr.
Train indulged In a comedy representation of
the Justices. ] They said they would hoar the
anarchist appeal immediately. If necessary ,
stop up all night to do it. Who over hoard
that of the United States Judges boforot I
tell jou they know they've got to do it. They
know thcso men must not hang. Who overheard
hoard of a man being hung ns nn necessary
without n principal being discovered ! Did
they find the man who threw the bomb ? No ,
they found only the men whom they tried to
lunfco accessories.
"If they should hang , then what then ) "
"Why , every city In this country will ba
destroyed. If they hang them , I'll oxpatrlato
invself. | Wlth nival force. ] I'll'KO to Can.
nan. Yes , I , who have bulll railroads
In every part of the world ; I , who hnvo
done more than twenty-four prcaldouta
nil the way from Washington to Cleveland ,
I'll expatriate myself from such n country
nnd from such citizenship.
"Omaha , when I was hero , had between
8,000 and 4,000 population. I predicted that
Insldo of twonty-tlvo years it would have
100,000 , Wasn't I right I Everybody snld It )
was going to grow toward Florence. I tola
people that It would go south. They were
the fools. They didn't bcllovo , nnd showed
themselves fools by soiling mo their land.
How much did I buy I Well , there were
7,000 lots altogether. No. I nm not fighting
for the proiH-rty. It Is niino. Why should n
tnnn Ilglit for what Is his. Rolinqulshtnciit
Is possession. I have relinquished It. But
If any man thinks 1 don't own that property
down here , ho doesn't know the facts. It
was seized whllo 1 was In the Tombs. I got
out of thorn on n physician's certificate ,
'Insane , hut harmless , ' If I was Insnno , I
could not give my propetty away ; nnd If I
Wai Insane , my property could neb
bo taken nwny either. That is constitutional
law. Yes , there was default in payment , but
that was when I was in the Tombs. I
couldn't do anything. I had plenty of money
behind mo to pay it. Now , the funny part of
the thing is that they want to show I wan
sane to show tltlo to the propeity for their
ncmilsltton of it.
"I speak twenty languages , nt least can
order what I want In them. I learned thorn
by private study , and I surprised the nobility
In Russia by talking to them iu their nntivo
tongue.
"I can ranko Omaha a city of 200,000 of n
million inhabitants If they only treat mo
right. The Hist thing you want Is about fifty
first clews funerals , of fellows who came hero
tind squatted on land and have been sqnttlng
ever slnco. They arc like the mules who
drag their loads upon the ferries. When the
rolls nro put up they back
against them nnd there they stand.
But down below Is n little monster chucking ,
puffing and snorting propelling the boat , and
when the other wharf Is reached , the mules
drag off their load and think that thov have
carried the boat across the river. You've
got human mules hero who think they carry
the city. But they don't and they never did.
I don't ' want to mention names , but-you know
who they are. There was a rat ran In a little
hole In Vallnndlngham's time. My friend
Sterling Morton , Pop-pleton , Hichardson ,
Miller and others are still looking for that
i at in the holo. But now , even ttiat the de
mocracy Is in power they haven't found the
rat yet.
D "What n gigantic system of fraud it Is to
have all these railroads on the other side of
the river. You're all to allow It , I
told them It would como. It is the ruin cre
ated by ono petty corporation for the sake
of SO cents u passenger over the
bridge. I can bust that if you treat
mo decently. What is your city debt !
What's $3,000,000 } Those roads ought to bo
brought hero. But how can you do it so long
as there Is a base mixing of tlio parties under
a remorseless corporation forming an oligarchy
garchy of thlovcs. Spend your money. Put
up cotton mills , woolen mills and machine
chops. Make public Improvements , even if
you do make thieves. I like a thief when ho
docs good with his theft. Tweed gave us the
olovatcd railroad , the Brooklyn liridgo and
the city hall , but ho ho stole half us much
again. Bond your city. If you can't sell
your bonds nbiond , sell them at homo. Get
every citizen to tuku ono. What would the
taxes amount to ? Two drinks and a cigar a
day."I
"I work sixteen hours a day , writing and
thinking. Talk to mo about these men
clamoring for eight hours u day. I saw that
parade of the laborers on Labor day. It
ought to bo called tramps' day.
"I remember Mr. Ilosowator. Ho was the
big telegraph man and the Bee. I remember
Senator Saunders. Ho was my personal
friend. Ho , Mr. Kountzo , Mr. Durant , and
several others and myself bioko giound for
the great U. P. road. Our uuuics were on
the picks nnd shovels. "
"Where uro these implements now ! "
"Thoy nro In Mr. Kouutzo's bank in Now
York.
"Cleveland Is fraud he's
a , a republican ;
ho carries eighty pounds of superfluous
stomach which will kill him in a year ; a fol
low half a century old married to a girl ; he's
a drunkard , u debauchee , the keeper of a
lewd house , whoso child was also that of
Mrria Halpm. I wnnt this told nnd hung up
in every public school so that the children
may see what kind of u man may bccomo
president of the United States. The repub
licans elected him sheriff , mayor and gover
nor. I elected him president. I was sitting
on my bench in Union square when Stan-
wood came over to mo nnd said : 'Mr. Blalno
would Hko to sco you.1 'Is that him over
there at the window ! ' I asked. 'Yes' ho
said. "Then toll him If ho don't como ever
hero to sco mo lusido of thirty minutes , ho
can't bo president. Ho should como to mo , not
I go to htm.1 I waited forty minutes nnd ho
did not como. I telegraphed to O'Donovan
Rossn : 'I am the bead devil of the Fenians'
1,500 Fenian voters went over , nnd the man
with the bay window was president. Cleveland -
land will not bo elected. Nobody will bo
elected. The whole thing is busted.
"Oil , the Cozzcns housoJ Yes , I built it. I
was living at the Hcrndon. Congressman
Jarncs Brooks and a dozen other congressmen
were my guests. There came n gust of wind
and out flow ono of the big panes in the window -
dow near our table. There were 'JOO people
in the room. There was no muttross near ,
nnd wo couldn't get any glass to cover the
holo. It required genius to think of the ex
pedient. I took ono of the Ethiopians nt the
table and put his broad shoulders against the
hole and said : 'I'll give jou a quarter of n
dollar every mlnuto you stand there.1 Ho
stood until ho chatteicd. Nobody elho would
have thought of that. Nobody had an idea.
If ho had it would crack his head as light
ning would a pumpkin. I told them I'd teach
them another lesson , nnd I did. I walked
across the street , found nn old man named
John Clark , I think , and bought a good-sbcd
tract. Found a builder named Klchardson
and asked him if ho could put up a building
which was more than ono room , an attic and
n back yard , Ho said ho could in about a
year. I told him I wanted it in sixty days. I
got it. It cost JOO.OOO. That was in'04. 1
rented it to Cozzcns nnd got 110,000 a year.
Uumsey afterwards took it.
"I'm llfty-oight years of ngo , born In ' 29.
Expect to live 200 yours. The only man in
the world with red blood in his veins. Never
ute a piece of moat in my lifo.
Llvo on fruit and meal. Never took
a glass of liquor my llfo nor smoked nor
cliowod tobacco. Look at that hand [ closing
the fingers on the palm and then 10 opi'iilni ;
them and showing how the blood-Hush
obliterated the wliiUs spots which momen
tarily followed the pressure. ] No other man
has Much blood in his veins. I'm on the top
of the mountain ; I can sco on all sides. I'm
going to live 200 years , but that Is only a
comparative term. There is nothing to pre
vent mo from living 1,000 years forever. "
Mr. Train rattled on merrily , pleasantly ,
nnd gentlemanly , answering every question
put to him , which comprehended every mat
ter In the skies above , the earth beneath and
the waters in the bath. The scrlbo accom
panied him to the spray room , thcuco to the
resting room , where , after striking several
gladiatorial attitudes on oi\p \ of the couches ,
Mr. Train rehabilitated himself nnd wont to
the Paxton , where ho registered as "dco.
Francis Train , Cock Kochovillo. " Ho was
left in room 1 by the BEB reporter , alone with
his multltuduous clippings and Psycho
It is not yet certain but It Is llkoly that Mr.
Train will lecture to-night In Goraanla hall ,
Eighteenth and Harnoy streets ,
Heady For the Jury.
Judge Novlllo hoard the case of Hatch ,
Gadd ft Co. against F. B. Kcnnnrd ycstor. '
day. It was an fiction based upon an agree
ment to pay commissions for sales made. At
0 o'clock last evening the arguments were
completed and the Jury was excused until 0
o'clock this morning , when Judge Neville
will give them his Instructions.
No Evidence to Convict.
Judge Wakoloy discharged Charles WittIng -
Ing yesterday upon the recommendation of
County Attorney Simeral. Witting wn
charged with larceny , but the county attorney
was unable to procure enough evidence to
convict him.
Miislcnlo nnd Oyster Supper.
The ladles of the St. John parish will give
n muslcalo and oyster supper at their new
guild rooms , Twenty-sixth and Frankliu
streets thin evening at 7:30 o'clock.
All are cordially In vltcd.