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DON CAMERON guarantees a majority
in Pennsylvania of ono hundred thou
sand for John Sherman if the latter is
nominated ns the republican candidate
for the presidency. Mr. Cameron is
generally credited with understanding
the political situation tolerably well in
Pennsylvania nnd ho is probably not
far from right.
A 80UTHKUN correspondent writing
to a Philadelphia paper predicts that
the census of 1800 will show that the
negro in America is passing away and
doomed to extinction. The correspond
ent should revise his observations. Ho
will doubtless find that ho has made a
mistake. The negro is not that kind of
a race. During the past quarter century
each census has shown a decided in
crease in the colored population over
that of the preceding ono , and it is not
nt nil probable that the census of 1800
will show a contrary tendency.
TITK expressions of the prominent
Canadians present nt the banquet of the
Boston Merchants'association , Wednes
day evening , show that there is a very
earnest and widespread feeling in the
Dominion favorable to commercial
union with the United States. All the
speakers on that occasion are repre
sentative men nnd exert an extended
influence. Tholr talk plainly indicated
a fooling that commercial union is the
policy to bo sought by Canada under
any circumstances , even though the
ultimate consequences should bo the
loss of Canada to the imperial sys
tem of Great Britain. The in
dlcutions are that this senti
ment is growing in the Dominion , where
it occupies a loading place in the public
attention. American interest is too
fully absorbed with other and more
pressing questions to give moro than a
passing attention to this subject.
THE Washington correspondent of th
Chicago jfYibimc is authority for two
statements that are important , if true.
Ono is that Mr. Blaine will not return
to the United States until after the na
tional republican convention has been
hold , and the other is that ho will before -
fore long indicate in an unmistakable
way just what his ideas are upon the
subject of his supposed candidacy. A
correspondent of the Tribune may fairly
bo presumed to have peculiarly favor
able opportunities to learn what the
purposes of Mr. Blnino are , so far as
that gentleman desires them disclosed ,
but wo nevertheless have a doubt as to
I either of the above statements truly
representing the intentions of the
traveling statesmen. Wo hardly think
Mr. Blaine will disappoint the anticipa
tion of his friends that he will return to
this country at an auspicious , time just
near onouglv.to the assembling of the
convention to permit of starting a boom
that can bo easily maintained until the
convention assembles , while as to his In
dicating an } thing there is no demand
for it unless ho means to honestly with
draw his name from the list of candi-
dutos , which nobody boliovcs ho has
the slightest notion of doing.
If THE ship subsidy sookora are lo have
their turn Iu Washington next week.
The American shipping nnd industrial
league will hold a convention in that
city and tiring all the pressure it can
IfI command upon congress In favor of the
bounty bill , which provides for allowing
to every American vessel trading with
foreign ports 80 conis ft ton for each
thousand miles Balled or steamed for a
II I- period of twenty years , one-third reduc
- tion of this rate to bo made at the end
I of the first ton years from the date on
IF which the act shall take offuot. The
promoters of this precious scheme' have
boon very active during the past bix
mouths , and their onset upon congress
F is the natural culmination of their oltorts ,
but they aru not immediately dan
gerous. The present congress is not
the least bit likely to be favorably im
pressed by ony subbldy scheme , how
ever plausible , and there has never
boon u moro unpropitious time than now
for such a raid upon the public treasury
as the ship subsidy people nsk for. The
league may indeed consider ItseH for
tunate if it shall succeed in Inducing
anybody of influence to serioubly cham
pion its cause In cither house of coii'
gross. No senator or representative
who is concornotl for his political future
will caret to imperil it by identifying
himself at this tliuo with sucb. schorai
ns the bountyblll.
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IV
Senator Mnndcrson'B Infantry Dill.
The perseverance of Senator Mnn-
florson with his bill to Increase the ef
ficiency of the Infantry branch of the
nrmy mny yet bo rewarded with suc
cess. It lias not been fortunate in
former sessions , but the strong faith of
the senator iu the soundness of the
principles on which the measure is
founded has led him to bring it forward
again , whether with hotter promise of
flucccs3 than heretofore cannot bo
judged nt present. The bill , however ,
has not ( ailed to receive intelligent rec
ognition and approval. The Now York
jfVnica very cordially commends it nnd
gives some very cogent reasons why
the change it proposes In the organiza
tion of infantry regiments is desirable.
The bill proposes for the infantry the
throo-batlallion organization of the cav
alry und artillery. This would add two
companies lo each of the twenty-five in
fantry roglmonts , making them conelbt
of twelve instead of ton companies. It
would also give each company three
majors instead of one. Another con
sideration , which should make the
measure popular with the army , is that
it would necessitate a number of promo
tions. As to the syatom proposed by the
bill the Now Yorlc Hints says :
It is admitted that the ten-company organ
ization was long ago discarded by all nations
on the continent of Europe , and while China
up to a late duto retained It perhaps the Ger
mans have by this tlmo destroyed it oven
there. When a rlflo company was habitually
sttitioncd on each flank a ten-company or
ganization was less objectionable ; but now
there scorns to bo no reason why the tactical
advantages of being able to divide a regiment
into cither throe or four equal parts as easily
as into two , without breaking up the com
panies , should not bo enjoyed by the infantry
as well as by the cavalry and artillery. Other
things being equal , it Is an advantage also to
have a common organization for all thrco
arms. In our country this organization
would bo additionally useful , as there aio
many small garrisoned posts for which n
slnglo battalion of four companies is enough.
The great advantage in exchanges of sta
tion of having exact multiples of a battalion ,
four companies to deal with , substituting
ono battalion for another , is also evident ,
and will become moro so when the smaller
posts arc abandoned and barracks nnd quar
ters croctod with a view to permanent occU'
pation.
The bill has encountered objection
because it would increase the size of the
army and the cost of maintaining it , but
as both the secretary of war and the
lieutenant general , In their last annual
reports , moro earnestly than before urge
the importance of an increase in order
to make the army more perfect and ef
ficient , it is quito possible that some
who have hitherto objected may now bo
found favorable to the measure. The
addition to the army which the Mun-
dorson bill provides for would bo lobs
than that recommended by the liouten-
nnt general , und the annual increase in
the cost would not exceed a million
dollars.
The Indian Territory Problem.
Congressman Pool , of Arkansas , whoso
district borders on the Indian territory ,
has had a moat favorable opportunity to
study the Indian question as it is there
represented , nnd ho has evidently done
so intelligently from a practical stand
point. His conclusion is that the es
sential thing to bo done , in\tho interest
alike of the Indians and the govern
ment , is to dissolve the tribal relations
and extend over all the affairs of the In
dians the jurisdiction of the federal
courts. It is understood that ho will , as
chairman of the house committee on In
dian affairs , endeavor to secure legisla
tion embodying this idea.
The problem which the Indian ter
ritory presents must finally bo
dealt with in a practical
way , and there is no good reason
why a solution should not bo sought at
once. This largo area , comprising
some of the most fertile land on the
continent , cannot remain indefinitely in
tlio control of 04,000 Indians. Not moro
than one-eighth of this number now in
habit half the territory , and in his
annual report the commissioner of In
dian affairs recommends that these bo
removed to the moro populous half and
the other portion of the territory thrown
open to white settlement. The pressure
of white population toward the territory
is becoming every year greater , and as
the commissioner says it is only a ques
tion of time when even the military
power of the government will bo
unable to keep it out. It is
believed by the advocates of a
dissolution of the tribal relations
that such a policy would result in in
ducing the Indians to open their lands
to settlement on reasonable terms , and
it certainly seems best to give them the
opportunity. If they are incapable of
being convinced of what is obviously to
their advantage , it will then bo time to
consider whether they shall bo com
pelled lo dispose of their unused lands
for settlement and cultivation or left to
bo driven from them by the inevitable
and irresistible inarch of the whiles.
The situation otters no encouragement
to that sort of sentiment which has
hitherto obstructed all practical plans
for dealing with the Indians , retarding
both their material and moral progress.
Tlio Klcveuth Census.
A committee on the eleventh census
is to bo created by the present house of
representatives. The object , as ex
plained by Mr. Cox , who suggested the
committee , is to insure the completion
of all the preliminary work , and ho
thinks two years not too long a time iu
which to do this. It is thus proposed to
begin preparations'for the next decen
nial census while that of 1830 is still far
from completed.
There seems to ho a great want of
practical method and business-like of-
lloloncy in the census work of the gov
ernment. When the work of the last
census was entered upon it was expected
that it would bo completed iu a fahortor
time than any that had preceded it for
a number of decodes , and that while
much moro thorough than any previous
census would also bo moro
trustworthy. Yet EOVOII years
of time have passed and moro than
Eovon millions of dollars have boon ex
pended , and L the work is still uncom
pleted. Moreover the portions that
have been finished and printed nro
found not lo be entirely accurate , the
olTcct of such discovery being to throw
discredit upon the whole.1
It is desirable tluit there shall bo n
national census taken nt least every ton
years , but it Is obvious that in order to
make it valuable as a source of informa
tion and a moans of reference the work
of ono census must not run into thnt of
another , nnd it must bo done with the
nearest practicable attainment to accu
racy. It is evident thnt a radical re
form In the methods of doing this work
is necessary , nnd wo have not a
doubt Pthat in can bo accom
plished if there is a disposition in con
gress favorable to reform. Other gov
ernments have a way of completing
their census work in ono-third ot the
time occupied by our government , with
at least equal accuracy and nt far less
cost. If the committee to bo appointed
on the next census shall devise n moro
practical , accurate nnd expedient
method of enumeration and compila
tion than that in vogue , its creation will
be timely.
Work for the Council.
With the coming now yenr the city
council should inaugurate many needed
reforms in our municipal machinery.
They should revise the building in
spection ordinance. Enterprising citi
zens should not bo gouged for construct
ing substantial buildings. Ono of the
main objects of creating the build
ing inspector's olllco was to
secure reliable building sta
tistics. This object has been frus
trated by the exorbitant scale of fees.
Tlio Inspector's figures are worthless
and misleading. They nro actually
damaging If quoted , because they do
not roach witmn 30 per cent of the ac
tual cost of building improvements.
The strcetcommibslonor's department
should be roorganixed and placed on amore
moro ofllcicnt footing. A careful
inventory of all city prop
erty should bo taken nnd an effort made
to recovery any property belonging to
the city that has been fraudulently or
unlawfully obtained. An inventory
should bo taken of nil movable city
property now in custody of public
officers , and care should bo taken to
have all plans , contracts , papers and
records in lire-proof vaults or safes.
The pest house sinecure and all other
sinecures should bo abolished -and the
city's affairs conducted on a business
basis. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
IT is to ho feared that the issue be
tween the Reading railroad company
nd its employes is not yet settled , and
.hat . a strike involving the greater por-
.ion or all of the men employed by that
orporation may not bo averted. The
ntiro country is interested in this con-
rovorsy , for if such a btriko as was
.hreatoned . bhould occur a general an-
hracito coal famine is inevitable. No-
.vhero . in the country is there now on
liand the supply of coal usual at this
; onson , and at most points the present
iock would bo exhausted in a week.
The policy of the coal combination has
eon to curtail the supply everywhere
and the result is that oven the
markets at the very threshold
f the coal producing region
ire in danger of a famine should the
inpply bo cut off for only a few days.
As to the merits of the controversy , the
most trustworthy opinion appears to bo
, hat in precipitating the strike the men
were at fault. Their ground of com
plaint was not against the Reading com
pany , but against a firm with which the
company did business. But the blunder
having been committed , the company
ieeins disposed to take advantage of it
lo make conditions that will very likely
ncroaso the complications and may lead
o a general strike. Had the company
any concern for the public interest it
: ould very easily avert any
urthor trouble , but its man-
ngors , nccording to * the latest
ndvices , nro showfng a disposition
wholly selfish and which is calculated
to incite resistance. A general strike
of Reading employes would bo a far-
oaching public calamity that would
call down upon the heads of all respon
sible for it the maledictions of millions
IT is to bo hoped the representative
of the associated bureau of charities
who appear to have entered upon their
work with very little idea of what they
are expected to do , will bo zealous in
ascertaining the nature of their duties
nnd diligent in performing them when
lonrncd. Winter is upon us in earnest ,
nnd there are hundreds of people in
Omaha who are in dire need. The
iharily that is urgently called for must
not bo delayed , if a great deal of threat
ened suffering is to bo averted.
THE abandonment of the plan of
converting the Sheoly building into a
hotel ought to increase public interest
in the project of erecting a commodious
first-class hotel in some eligible loca
tion. Omaha would still require a
great hotel even had the Sheoly build
ing been converted , to the use proposed ,
but the failure to do this will somewhat
increase the necessity , and glvo bettor
assurance of the larger enterprise- prov
ing a profitable investmont.
STATE AND TEUIUTOItY.
Nebraska Jottings.
The palatial temple of Masonry at
Hastings was appropriately dedicated
last Tuesday. The building is 60x100 ,
two stories in height and cost 830,000.
Buxom Mrs. McCully , of Plattsmouth ,
shook her husband and two children a
few days ago and skipped toward Omaha
with a handsomer man. This is the
second time she has given her. legal
lord an impromptu shake.
Lincoln is catching ou as a news sccn-
lor. Judge Brandy's decision in the
Beatrice bond case , delivered Tuesday ,
reached town by the BEE yesterday , and
was immediately sent out by the enter
prising associated press agent. It was
u needless waste of energy.
Scores of bogus drafts from Lincoln ,
Beatrice , Hastings , nnd Grand Island
have turned up in Pittsburg , drawn
against a lend manufacturing company.
An energetic swindler induced parties
in the towns named to cash the drafts ,
and they are just out the amount of the
accommodation.
Mr. C. W. Pool , of the Tecumseh
Journal , is wintering in the Carolirias.
His pictures of the country nnd people ,
its wild nnimiilsandtamobeast8snakes ,
persimmons and earthquakes , boost the
hopes of his friends at home that ho has
boon only temporarily divorced from
truth.
The county scat fight is forcing the
mercury to a high notch in Greeloy
county. Scotlu is fighting to retain and
Grooloy Center to capture th& omolu-
monts of the onpUul. Tlio latter has
the support of lha B. & M. townslto
company of lax shirkers , which now
owes the county $21 411 of back tuxes ,
The following 'isslightly whiskered
with the moss of anflnulty , but It is the
oldest that could bo found on the sub
ject : "Albeit ns often as leax | > yonrro
doth occuro , the woman no holdoth pre
rogative over the 'maiino in matters of
courtship , love , and'mntrlnionio ' ; so that
when the ladyo proposoth it shall not bo
lawful for the matho ) to say her nao , but
ho shall qntortain ° her proposal in all
couitosle. " ,
The turmoil of the holidays nnd
tedious work of squaring accounts with
the dying year should not obscure the
fact that an original poem will bo hurled
at the bureau ot lynins which assembles
nt Lincoln January 12. Members of the
probs should husband their energies for
the occasion or wear a commodious waste
basket. A concerted oflort is being
made to induce the pout to swear oil
with the now year.
An experienced teacher gives it ns
his conviction that there exists nn ap-
paling variation of bnced in the move
ments of boys. His opinion was reached
after registering the movements of a
class of four armed on ono day with
skates nnd the next with coal skuttlos.
Ninety-nine per cent of energy and
bruised skull are cheerfully exchanged
for the pleasure of the blido , but the
coal bin chills their ambition and sickens
them nt heart and limb.
Collector Cnlhoun. of this internal
revenue district , bohovos that the state
stands moro than an ordinary show of
bolng the center of distillery Interests
of the United States. To the Nebraska
City Press reporter ho gave these rea
sons for his belief : "Because no other
btato that is not barred out by prohibi
tory laws can compote with her. Tlio
Omaha and Nebraska City houses can
make whisky just 3 } cents cheaper than
they can doit in Peorin ; that is a big
itom. Until the formation of the trust
now being perfected the eastern men
did not realize this , or acknowledge
that the place for the business , above
all others , was the Missouri valley , but
that was just what the trust committee
reported when it went back after in
vestigating. "
Wyoming.
Daily mall service has been started on
lie Chycnno & Northern road.
Passenger trains will not bo put on
lie Burlington extension lo Cheyenne
ntil the middle of January.
Bibhop Burke , of the Catholic dio-
ese of Wyoming , has taken a three
nonth's vncntion to visit Rome.
The nnnualreport of the schools of
ho territory shows a total of 5,2HS chil-
rcn enrolled or 1887 against 4flO ; ! ) last
car. There were 282 teachers om-
iloyod nt a cost of $84,907.
The now policy adopted by the Union
'ucific in giving private parties an op-
> ortunity to operate coal mines is hav-
ng a good effect irt "more " ways than ono.
Mio latent is the establishment of a coal
xgoncy in Clieyetirio by the Colorado
uel company , which will handle daily
ilmost eighteen car loads of Rock
Iprings coal from'the Blair mine , sup-
lying the Burlington railroad and sell-
ng at different poihts along the B. &
M. railroad. ' _
The Shoshones ' have a way of dis
lousing with doctor's bills and troublo-
lomo women that would not thrive out-
ide the reservation. An old woman
vho had sustained'Ja fracture of ono of
icr limbs bccamo'such a bore that the
nicks decided id put her to death
Nicy stripped her of every garment ,
, icd her to stakcs'dt'ivon in the ground
ind left her to freeze to death. At the
expiration of two'days and nights both
of nor arms were frozen solid but she
vas not dead. Concluding that some
moro expeditious way must bo adopted ,
they gathered a lot of old blankets ,
> ilod them upon and around her and sot
, hcm on firo. The result of this torri-
) lo torture was that her body was BO
ladly burned that her inner organs
were loft exposed. They then lot the
ire go out and loft her again to freeze.
At the expiration of twenty-four hours
death at last came to her relief.
The Pacific Const.
The California fruit pack for 1887 is
stimatod at 1,122,500 cases , or nearly
27,000,000 cans.
A $75.000 woolen mill will soon bo
erected in Union , Ore. , with a capital
stock of $125,000.
There are 750,000 acres of tillable land
still open for settlement in the Ilailc }
and district in Idaho.
Clara Hogshead is fa teacher of Men
docino county. Some young man ought
to persuade her to change her name.
There are sixty-four llouring mills in
Washington territory , with an esti
mated capacity of 3,883 barrels per day.
To this number Walla Walla count.v
contributes seven , with an' aggregate
capacity of OSo barrels per dny. Five or
these are located at Walla Walla city
ono at Prcscott and one at Wnitsburg
The marble deposit upon Slovormouiv
tain , near Col ton , San Bernardino
county , Cal. , is turning to onyx as the
workmen penetrate into its depths
Beautiful specimens of this valuable
mineral have been lakcn out , and in
such largo quantities thnt the companj
owning the quarry have recently contracted
tractod with the Coronndo proprietors
for putting in onyx tiling floors in tlio
office , hall and mbsic room of that great
hotel at a cost of about $4,000.
Hnllron < ] Notes.
TUB CALIFOIINIA RATK.
Taking effect January 1 , the round trip
California excursion rate over the Burling-
tou will bo advanced to $80 from the Missouri
river , and will thca become a daily rate for
individual tickets. In addition to the dally
rate of $80 , the B. & M. , by agreement of the
Transcontinental lines , will run two special
excursions , leaving the Missouri river on all
trains of January 12 nAd February.lfi , at f00
for the round trip. After January 1 , orders
for California excursion tickets at the JOO
rate may only bo drawn for these two special
excursions and such _ orders should bear the
condition that they must bo presented at the
Missouri river for exchange on the date of
special excursion.
Frank Scmplo. city passenger agent of the
Union Pacific at Denver , and Meyer Harrison ,
another representative of that road at the
same point , are in the city on business.
A Lost Sou.
Mr. Michael English , who lives nt 131p
California street , Mqiirns the loss of his
twelve-year-old son , Johnnie , whom ho has
not seen slnco Wednesday afternoon. Mr ,
English stated to a BKB representative last
night that ho hud puol hed Jounnio by "chok
ing him a little" and had driven him from
home. Johnnie took the cue and departed
and now his father mourns his absence.
Johnnie Is probably a boy of nerve who does
not propose to bo abused by anyone , not ex
cepting his own "dad. "
Only Ono Marriage License.
The blizzard seems to have a chilling effect
on the ardor of love struck individuals. Yes
terday only ouo marriage license was issued
byJudgo McCulloch , the applicants being
Charles D. Woodworth , aged forty-one , and
Kuthcrlno M. Kuhn , twenty-eight years , all
of Omaha. _
Kilts' Kooma.
The Elks' directors Uavo decided to throw
open their rooms to members after nqxt Sat
urday night. W. N. Baboock , II.C. McClure.
J. W. Miner , and A. Parrotte were appointed
a committee to make arraugemCuU for the
event. . i
NEW COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ,
They Hold n Soorot Session nt the
County HnlL
A SLATE FIXED UP BY THEM.
Applications Pouring In Prom tlio
Poor Par Hollcf Sail Stories nntl
Painful Scones Pesortetl
Jly ilcr Husband.
The County Commissioners.
For the first tlmo slneo their election the
three newly-chosen county commissioners ,
Messrs. Turner , Anderson and Corrlgan ,
gathered yesterday about the consulting
table in the commissioners' room and Imme
diately proceeded to mnko themselves at
homo. Messrs. Turner and Anderson look
venerable and dignified with gray hnlrs and
bc.trd. Mr. Turner busied himself studying ,
with a view of familiarizing himself with the
statutes roTUlatlng the acts of county com
missioners and Mr. Anderson consulted the
county maps and assessors' books. Mr. Cor-
rigau is u youth iu comparison with his col
leagues , nnd looks pleasantly through a pair
of gold rimmed spectacles.
During the early hours of the afternoon
Commissioners O'Koefo and Mount trans
acted routine business , occasionally receiv
ing and acting on a suggestion of the now
trio with becoming kindness and grace. A
number of ofllcials nnd employes about the
hull strolled in , and were formally Intro
duced to Messrs. Turner , Anderson and
Corrlgan.
A sncnr.T SESSION.
A few minutes nftor 4 o'clock the heavy
door leading to the Commissioners' room was
closed with a bang and the key turned In the
lock from the outside by one of the Janitors
of the building. It wns announced that Com
missioners O'Keofo aud Mount had gone into
secret session with the three now commis
sioners mid County Clerk-Kloct Kooho. The
proceedings caused some excitement , and all
kinds of amusing rumors were put in circu
lation nbout the building. The session con
tinued until long after 5 o'clock , and it is un
derstood lo hnvo boon to create the salary of
Billy Morati , who Is to act ns clerk to the
commissioners nnd put in his spare tlmo as
sisting County Clerk Kocho , who , by low , is
cleik to the commissioners , but will bo unable -
able to glvo their proceedings much time
owing to the increase of work in his depart
ment. The commissioners also decided on
committees for the coming year , which will
bo given to the public when they formally
organise ou Monday next. Mr. O'Keofo will
continue as chairman of the board at his old
salary of $3 a day , the same to bo received
by Mr. Mount , as the law that recently went
into effect increasing the pey of the commis
sioners to Vu day embraces only these
elected under the row law.
FILED ins nosn.
Yesterday George Shields , the county
judge-elect , took the oath of oftlco nnd filed
his bond in the sum of (50,000. His surcitics
ma Dennis Cunningham , P. Gees , Henry
Eickc , II. Morthold and D. FIt/patrick.
TUB UNION PACIFIC KICKS.
The real estate representative of the Union
Pacific railroad appeared before the commis-
Bionuts and complained that land taxed to
them was out of sight in the bottom of the
Missouri. Ho cited ono piece taxed and as
sessed that hud been washed away some ten
years ago. Upon those representations the
following resolution was odoptcd :
Resolved , That the county treasurer bo and
s hereby directed to cancel the taxes for the
> rc.ir 1887 on the following lots , viz : Lots 11
and 13 , block 97 ; lots 1 , 2,11 and 12 , block GO ;
lots 1,2 , and 8. block N ; lots 1 , 2 , 7 and 8 ,
block M , and east half of lots 1 , 2 , 7 and 8.
block O , all iu the city of Omaha , on account
f being washed away by the river.
MANY APPLICANTS FOU 11EL1EF.
The biting blasts of the blizzard are again
swamping the commissioners with applica
tions for relief , and the secretary of the
Omaha bureau of charities and the poor inspectors
specters are kept busy furnishing supplies of
food and fuel. Some very sad sights are
witnessed , and the tales of woe disclosed by
: ho freezing and perishing are generally of
the tearful order.
Yesterday a comely looking young woman
who is soon to become a mother came up to
the railing aud pleaded with Commissioner
O'ICeefo to furnish her with transportation
to St. Joseph , Mo. , where she said she had
relatives who would care for her in her dis
tress. Two weeks ago she was deserted by
her husband , who was a driver on ono of ttio
green line street cars , which ho robbed of its
cnsh box and decamped. Slnpe then she has
i.ul no tidings of him , nor have his victim-
zed employers. A railroad pass was given
her.
her.A
A delegation from South Omaha came in to
report the starving ana freezing condition of
a woman and six children living in the vi
cinity of Sheely's station. Two of the
children are twins nnd are but six weeks old.
The husband and father was killed by the
cars two weeks ago , leaving his family desti
tuto. Au agent was dispatched to investi
gate.Word
Word was received at a late hour from
Mrs. Johnson , the woman living on Call
fornia street , who lost her husband by death
a few days ago under peculiar sad circunv
stances. The messenger stated that Mrs ,
Johnson had become a raving maniac , and
arrangements for her care were entered into
MOHTU/vnY.
MUS. MAltIA M'CANIlUSn.
Mrs. Maria Howells McCandllsh , widow of
the lute Her. William McCandlish , died at
her late resident's , 800 Park avenue in this
city , on the night of the 2Sth hist. , and wil
bo buried from there at 2 p. m. Saturday ,
Mrs. McCandllsh was born at Bristol , En
gland , in November , 1810 , and \yas therefore
seventy-one years of age. She came to this
country with her father , Henry C. Howells
In 1831 , and in 1833 was united in marriage
with the late William McCandlish , who has
been so'well known in Nebraska , where the
family have resided since 1858. Of their six
children throe survive ; W.N. McCandlishof
the firm of Bell & McCandllsh ; Isabella S.
Bell , wife of JohnS. Bell , of the same firm ,
and Itobcrt C. McCandlish , living in Polk
county , this btato. Mrs. McCandlish has de
voted many years to labors of love , and will
bo grcatiy missed , not only by the Frst Pres
byterian church , of which she was a devoted
member , but by other congregations which
she delighted to help.
DONE WITH A HUSH.
A. Ten-Minutes Session of tlio City
Council.
There was n bare quorum at the special
meeting of the city council held last night ,
and the tea members present wcro not la
session to exceed that number of minutes.
The ordinance to tax , license and regulate
employment agencies was referred to the
police committco ; ono to provide for the issue -
sue of 3,500 , of bonds of the city of Omaha to
pay the cost of curbing in paving district No.
124 , and to create n sinking fund for the pay-
meat of said bonds , and a number of others
were referred to appropriate committees and
laid over.
The appropriation ordinance for the month
of December , amounting to 158.802.87 , was
read the third time and passed , with the fol
lowing additional sums : Regan Bros. & Co. ,
$2WJ.87 , paving district 85 ; Kcgan Bros. &
Co. , * r , OC7.88 , paving district 83 ; Regan Bros.
& Co. , ? 5.005.-n , paving district 4U ; Regan
Bros , fi Co. , $3,007.74 , paving district 25 ; J.
E. Ulley , 3K3.T8 ! , paving district 57.
The council adjourned until next Tuesday
night.
The Veteran Firemen.
The veteran firemen held a largo and en
thnsiostlc meeting at Chief Galllgau's office.
Five new members were received among
which was Postmaster Gallagher. J. II.
LIchtcrbergcr was elected recording secre
tary , and Louis Kralizsh trustee to fill the
vacancy occasioned by Lichturberger's res-
ignatloa as o member of this board , made
necessary by his election us sew otary. A lot
of miscellaneous business of no intoicst to
the public was then transacted , after the
completion of which the contemplated visit ( o
New York was brought up and thoroughly
discussed. It is probable that the vets will
make the trip , but as yet uo definite conclu
sion lias been arrived at.
Articles of incorporation were filed yester-
torday with the county clerk by the Vetera.ii
Firemen's association of Omaha. The iuuor-
porator * arc A. J. Simpson , president ; Jo
seph R Shoolv , treasurer ; .Joseph Toahon ,
secretary , and Kdwurd Wlttlg , trustee.
COPPKU NEWMAN'S imKAK.
AVMeli , If True , Wilt Cost Him Ills
limn * IluttoiiR.
Thomas Harris went before a notary pub-
Ho yesterday and swore to charges ho has
preferred against the colored police officer ,
Jcsso Newman. These charges hnvo been
placed in the hands of Chief Sonvey , who
will doubtless suspend the onicer pending nn
investigation by tlio board of pollco and flro
commissioners. Harris alleges that Ofllecr
Nowmnn entered Frank Bellamy's saloon ,
corner Twelfth street and Capital avenue ,
nt u state of beastly intoxication ,
and , without cnuso or provocation , jumped
niton him , Harris , nnd brutally bent mm.
Ho made no attempt to nrrcst Hunts , but
simply maliciously mid mercilessly assaulted
him.
Iicttcra tor Fatherland.
There wns n rcpltltion yesterday of the
many funny incidents that occur dally at the
county building. A green German boy cu-
tored the olllco of tlio county clerk and In
sisted that an obliging clerk should forward
several epistles to Fatherland , After many
gesticulations and a wild outburst of bad Ger
man on the part of the clerk , the applicant
was made to understand that the postofllec
was located on Fifteenth street , whlthor ho
drifted. _
Social Odd Fellows.
The ladles of the Ruth Robokah Degree
lodge of the I. O. O. F. gave a very pleasant
sociable- last evening nt Odd Fellow's hall ,
corner of Fourteenth and Dodgo. A largo
number of persons were present. A dramatic
and musical programme was presented and a
fine supper served. The fioor was covered
with ducking and the latter part of the even
ing was spout in dancing.
Not the IllBinnrck.
Mr. William Alstndt , known to fame as
Bismarck , has been grcatiy annoyed by being
confounded with another Bismarck , who
lately figured in adtgnicoful light , which was
reported in BKB. Ho desires to have it known
that ho is not the fighter.
Ouo ItulUUnK Permit.
Only ono building permit was issued yester
day , that to Jacob Jacobson , cottage , Sahtcr ,
near Twenty-fifth avenue , to cost 1500.
Internal Revenue Collections.
Internal Revenue. Collector Ballcutino took
In yesterday $9,221.11.
IN A WATERY PRISON.
AVonmii Ilium-rued Five Days in a
Capsized Vessel.
Now York Express : William O'Neill ,
although moro than seventy-five years
of ago , is a boatman on the Pennsylva
nia canal. Fifty years ugo ho was a
bailer on Lake Erie , ana was seven
times shipwrecked in the terrible gnlos
that are common on that lake. Ho
drifted on ono wreck for six days , being
exposed during the entire time to a
fierce northeast storm of wind , rain and
Bleot. .
"Fifty years ape , " said the old boat
man , ' 'Captain Oilman Appleby was one
of the best-known of lake craft com
manders. Ho lived in Connenut , O. ,
and I Bailed many a trip with him from
'
Black Rook all' over the lake. The
most wonderful experience that ever
any one had on the lakes was that of an
aunt of Captain Apploby'a , an elderly
woman . whose name I did not romcm-
bor. She lived at Black Rock , which
is Buffalo now , I suppose , and on one of
the captain's trips uj ) the lake she went
along with him on his schooner to visit
his father at Conncaut. That
wns to bo Captain Apploby'a
lust trip on the schooner.
ns the steamboat North America wns
then building at Conneaut and ho waste
to take charge of her. His aunt got
homo-sick the day ho landed in Con
ncaut , and although the captain bogged
her to wait a few days until his now
steamboat was launched and go hack to
Black Rock with him aboard of her , she
would not stay , but took passage the
very next day on a schooner bound for
Buffalo. The second day after the
schooner sailed the crow returned
to Conneaut in another vessel.
They reported that soon after they
had passed Erie on their way
down they were caught by a squall. The
schooner was capsized , and , although
soon becoming almost full of water , dit
not go to the bottom. The crow , all on
deck nt the time , obtained a boat , am
abandoning the drifting vessel , landed
at small village near Dunkirk. Cuptair
Applcby's aunt wns in the cabin , am
could not bo reached.
"Captain Apploby sent men by tlio
steamboat Peacock , which was on its
way to Buffalo , to look for the aband
oned schooner. The steamboat came
across the wrecked vessel , which was
drifting about on her side just as the
crow left her. The men from the Pea
cock boarded the floating wreck nnd
found it. to all appcarancofull of
water. They thrust poles down
into the cabin , but none
of them came in contact
with any Heating object inside. Believ
ing that the body of the captain's aunt
had washed out of the cabin into the
lake , the men returned to the Peacock
and loft the wreck as they had found it.
Word was sent to Captain Apploby. On
the fifth day after the wreck of the
schooner ho wont out in another
bchooner to search for the capsi/cd one ,
with facilities for righting her if possi
ble. Ono of his crow was the bon of the
lost woman , who had hope that ho
might btill recover his mother's body.
was alto ono of the crow.
"Wo found the missing vessel stil
drifting about in the hike on her side
After bovoral hours of hard work and
difiicult engineering the capsized bchoo-
nor was straightened up on her keel ,
and she had scarcely bottled in the
water when the missing woman , hag
gard , worn almost to a skeleton , and
with water dripping from over shred o
her clothing , staggered up the cabin
stairs and foil full length on dock' . Tlio
thought of her being alive havlngnovei
entered the nflnd of any person nmonj ,
us , her sudden appearance , as if arise !
from the dead , before her relatives and
tlio crow was so startling that nvorj
ono of us except tlio cnptaii
nnd his cousin lied in terror to
the other vessel. Even the captah
and the woman's bon were so sturtlec
that they stood palo nnd speechless , am
it was some time before they recovered
their self possession. Some of the crew
could not bo induced to return to the
righted vessel , so badly were they
frightened. As boon as Captain Ap
ploby recovered hinibolf lie used over , )
oiTor't to restore his aunt to conscious
ness and succeeded , but she was so weal
that she was unable until the next ilnj
to toll the story of her extraordinary
existence during the five days blio had
drifted about in the hike in the half-
submerged schooner.
"When the echooner wont over bho
Bald she did not Itnow what had hap
pedcd. She was thrown down , and by
tlio time bho regained Her foot the
water had ) > ourod in until It was up to
hop waist. It Hubbonuontly rose to hoi
nrmplts , at which depth it remained.
She could not Ho down , and although
the cabin door was open , the wutor was
nearly thrco feet above it , and uho
could not got out. For two days and
nights she hoard nothing but the play
ing of the water about her and tlio roitr
of the waves outside. On the third day
when the men fiom the btoumboat Pea
cock boarded the drifting buhoonur , eho
tonrd thorn walking n.nA talking over *
load , nnd Bho called to them na
loudly as she could , but her yolco
was so low from hoarseness that
nho could not mnko thorn hear her.
She saw the polo they thrust down in
Hie cabin and know then that her
friends believed that her dead body wa
Hunting about in the abandoned vessel ,
iml that some ono wns searching for it
ivith the polo. The polo always came
in at a spot whore it could not touch her
nnd out of her ronch. Before she couhl
got to it to grasp it it would ho with-
Irawn ami thrust in at another phico
distant from her. Finally it came in
no more , ami she heard the men walk
vway. Thou she felt that there was no
norc hope for her. and she tried to end
tor misery by holding her head beneath
ho water until she drowned , hut found
it a physical iintMisslbillty. She could
not keep her hend under long enough.
"Standing upright in the water she
would fall asleep and would sloop until
uvakoned by dropping beneath the sur
face. At times she hopotl that she
would not nwukun , but might drown
while nsleop. Then she would bo
seized with a great fear that she might
lo so , and would fight against being
overcome by drowsiness. A water-
soaked cracker Heated by her ono day
and she devoured it. Another day nn
onion drifted within her reach , and she
ito that ravenously. That was all the
oed she tasted in the five dnvs she wns
confined iu hop watery prison. On
the fifth day she felt that she
was losing her mind. She pnvr familiar
aces and hoard herself talking in u
itnuigu , hoarse voice to thoiw she imag-
uod near her. With the fasting of a
ow hours more she would have been
last all help. When her nephew and
lis men boarded the wreck she hoard
them walking above her. She did not
seem to understand why they were
thuro , but heard thorn in n listless ,
dazed inunncrwhich only left her when
the boat turned baok on its keel. Then
Bho appreciated the situation , but it wns
only by almost superhuman efforts that
she gathered sufficient strength to make
lior way up the cabin stairs and cscivpo
troin thb uoono of her live days' mlsory
and terror. "
ROBBERS RESISTED.
A Talk With John Grliunlmw , the Pn
olfTc K.xprcBs McRHPngcr.
A Sodnlin. Mo. , special to the Kansas
City Journal says : John Grimshaw , the
Pacific express messenger , whoso car
wns attacked by robbers In the Indian
territory at 4 o'clock Sunday morning ,
arrived hero on his regular run at 11
o'clock this forenoon , nnd received quito
nn ovation at the hands of the oxprostt
people nnd citizens generally. Mr. Grim-
shaw is a married man of thirty-five
yeai-Haiid liisparents resiUo nt Jefferson
City. Ho has had several years' oxnor-
ionco us a messenger , and , although
this is the first time his bravery has
over boon tested , it has never boon
questioned by these intimately
acquainted with him. A year or moro
ago Mr. Grimshnw rotlrod from the express -
press business nnd wont to Arkansas for
the benefit ot his health. Ho remained
there until about a month ago , engaged
in the produce and commission business ,
and then returned here and accepted a
run botwcon Sodaliaand Donison. In
speaking of the attempt to rob his oar
yesterday , ho spoke as follows to the
Journal representative this afternoon :
"Tho dispatches sent out regarding
the affair slate that the two men who
boarded Engineer Raglaud's engine
got on at Atoka. This is a mistake.
They entered the cab just us the train
was leaving Strlnglown and commanded
the engineer to run up to the bridge
that spans North Boggy creek and stop.
The command was obeyed and the tram
came to a standstill on the bridge. I
supposed we were at Atoka , nnd , ns I
had goods for there , I opened the car
door. Instantly there were two or thrco
shots fired nnd then I hastily closed the
door. Bagga oinastor Sparrow was in
the car with me and was lying down af
the time. I called to him , as I realized
the situation thoroughly. I asked him
to extinguish the lights , as wo were
about to bo raided by robbers. Ho re
marked that ho guessed not , but half a
dozen additional shots and continued
hammering nt the door soon convinced
him that I was right. The 'glim was
doused , ' and I at once began hiding the
money in my custody. I was not par
ticular where I placed it , but throw it
hero , there and everywhere. In the
meantime the robbers were calling upon
mo to open up , but of c-ourso I paid no
attention to them. I hud onlyaas-
calibre five shooter with which to de
fend myself , and my companion ,
Sparrow , was without a weapon
of any kind. Wo had several
boxes filled with meat in the
car , and wo piled these in such a posi
tion us to form a sort of breastwork and
tool : our position between them. Wo
had a small phial of snakebite preventive -
tivo with us , and we took a pull ut it to
brace up. Then wo awaited develop
ments , while a perfect volley of cannon
ading was going on outside. The door. *
were filled full of bullotu , nnd thou an
effort was made to batter them in , but
all to no purpose. I will admit that I
was somwhat frightened , and so was
Sparrow , Lbut I believe the robbers
were as badly scared as wo
were. There were boven or eight
men in the party , but only one portion
gave orders , and I fuel satibfiod that I
would recognize his voice if I did not
hear it nguin for ton years. From
everything connected with the affair I
am satisfied fn my own mind that the
attacking party rchldcd in the neigh
borhood of Stringtown , ono of the
toughest holes in oxislonco. They were
not experienced in the business , but if
Sparrow and I had shown any .evi
dence \\cakoning they would have
made a success of their venture. I want
to say right hero that Sparrow is a man
who will do to tlo to. He had no revolver ,
but ho never showed the white feather
in any particular , and his conduct as-
histed materially in bracing mo up. As to
tlio amount of money I had in my posses
sion , I do not euro to say anything , as
that ib a company secret. Had the robbers -
bors got in the car , though , I guoea
they would have 1 > eon repaid for tholr
trouble. When wo wore told that the
car would bo fact on fire if wo did not
open up wo thought our time had como
sure enough , Wo knew that any euoh
procedure meant death for us , but wo
expected the same treatment in case an
entrance wn forced , w > determined to
run the risk. Tills wns not all the
trouble wo were in. either. Wo were
duo to pass a train nt Atoka , and vroro
in danger of being run into from
both the front and the rear , as
there was a freight train follow
ing us only a short distance. It
was aclo-io call , nnd you can rest as
sured that Sparrow and I breathed con
siderably easier when the train puliod
out without the car having been 11 red
or the robbers gained an entrance , I
have been in the express business n
good intiny years , and this is the first
oxporlunco of the kind I have ever hud ,
but I do not cnro to ropcal It. "
Mr. Grinshnw ate dinner to-day with
hia brother-in-law , ox-Mai or George L.
Fnulhabur , and while bunted ut tlio
table rocclvcd u congratulatory message
from his father , praising him for his
bravery in rooihtlng the demands of the
robbers. The express people here say
that Mr. Griiibhaw is uuro of substantial
recognition ut the hands of the oxprosi
oilluiald fur hltt conduct yesterday.
