Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, December 30, 1887, Page 4, Image 4
) , > .S IHB OMAHA DAILY HEttd : FRIDAY , DECEMBER 30 , 1887. THE 'DAILY BEE. . PUBLISHED KVKUY .MORNING. TEJtMS OP BUUSCUHTION. nullr ( Morning Kdltlon ) Including Buntlnv Jlf.F , Uno ar 110 TO KorHU Month * fi < rorTliren Month 2 GO .flic uumlin KmxlayHM , rualloU to any ml- drvin , Ono Year S DO OlIAIIA OrrltC. NO.VU AnOVlO 1'AIINAM 8TIIKKT. NeW YOMKUrrlCK , ItOOMlVi.TJItllUNR IUIII.1 > - H.O. WAHIIINOTON Orncr , No. 013 1'oun VMHTii BTIIEKT. COKIlESrONDKNCE. All communication * relating news and rrtltorinl matter nhould bo audrcnscri to the EniTUUor TDK BKK. BUSINESS J.KTTKUS : All ImMnes * letter * nnd romlttnnros nhould 1 > o itddrrftKcd to Tun UKK Pui < Li8iii ! n COMPANY , OMAHA. I > rnfK chprks nnd i > est < ifllco fmlors to TJO made pnyable to the order of the cuiupiiny. The Bee PnWisliiBg Company , Proprietors , E. ROSEWATEll , EIJITOU. THE liEE. Sworn Statement of Circulation. Stale of Nflmtaka , I. _ Conntrof Douglas , f"1 Oro. II. Tynchttck. ( secretary of The HM ) Pnb- UMilnp compnny , oocn HolcmnlrswmrtliHt thn dual circulation of the Dally Ilco for the M cclc Ptidlnrlcc. 3.1W7. was as follows. Hntimlnr Dec. IT ll.r-M Hundaj' , Doc. 18 Ifi.OUl Monday , Doe.l ir,275 Tuesday. Dec.3) ) H.IB5 Wednwlay. Dec. 21 14KVi Thursday , Dec.2 ! 1IK > S Friday , Uec.83 14.N10 Average . 15.011 UKO. 1) . TzsciiL'Ln. ' Rworti to and imbscrlbed In my presence this SGth clay ot December , A. D. 1WT. 1WT.N. . P. PETI , . ( RKAri. ) Notary Public Etntoof Nebraska , I County of Douglas , f * " Deo. II , Tzcchuck. brinp first duly sworn , rtft- nnd soys that lie Is wcretury of The Dee nK company , thnt Uie actual average dally circulation of the Dully Dee for the month of December ; INO , 13,237 copies ; for January , 1887 , 16.ZCO rojiles ; for Kel > - nury , 1KH7 , 14.1W copies ; for March , 1RH7. 14,400 coplcR ! for April , 1B87 , 14B16 copies ! forMliy , JW , 14.227 copies ; for Juno , 1WT , 14.17 copli-i ; for Julr. ItfcT. 14.090 copies ; for Aupust , 1W7. 14- JBI copies : for Hepteniber , lfH7 , 14.34H copies ; for October , 1S ) > 7 , 14.KO ; for November. lb 7 , 15li copies. GEO.n.TZSCntJCK. Sworn to and subscribed In my prceenco this 84 day of December , A. D. 1SH7. N.P. PKH , . ( SEAT. . ) Notary Public. 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. 1 K . 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.