Nebraska Newspapers

    OMAHA DAILY BEIfl : THURSDAY. JANUARY 26 , 188S.
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Tun boys in our cooking-school do-
partmunl are haid to bo punting ( or pet
ticoats and aprons.
SOUTH OMAHA lias a city government ,
liut its machinery has been clogged up
for want of n lubricator.
POKTIC justice is sometimes seen out-
bide of the novels. A Louisville coal
dealer was recently found frozen to
death in his olllco. Snatched from his
light weighs , as it wero.
Puoi'KitTV owners will soon have a
friendly visit from various paving con
tractors , who will corsist that they
know better what material property
owners want for paring than the man
who has to pay for it.
TUB public may expect some intercfet-
iuir disclosures when the methods of thu
great anti-Dovorty exponents , Gould and
Sage , in relation to the Kansas Pacific
bonds , are divulged in court. The
counsel who have the matter in charge
Bay they are all ready for the trial. So
arc the people.
NKA'KII before in American history
has there been such an irruption of
prize fighting as at present. The veneer -
noor of civilization is cracking in txll
grades of society showing the savagery
of human nature beneath the surface.
It is a blot on our boasted enlighten
ment.
TIIEUK is n dispute between the gov
ernment and tlio state of Texas as to
the ownership of Gecr county in that
commonwealth. The president recently
claimed the land arbitrarily , by procla
mation , but the Texans are not to be in
timidated in that way. A much more
sensible method of terminating tlio dis
pute is the bill introduced by Senator
Coke to create a board of arbitration to
settle the controversy. Tlio bill should
pass and the decision of the board should
bo final.
K boll-wothor btill leads the coun
cil. Ho pretends that the now city hall
will not bo largo enough for Omahaand
wants to abandon the Meyers' plan for
something more superb and magnifi
cent. Nothing less than a million-dol
lar city hall will come up to his ideal.
The council very naturally fell in with
his stupendous scheme , and ordered
the board of public works to got an op
tion on the lots adjoining. With lias-
call , a million dollars is a mere bnga-
tolle. There is a surplus of several
hundred millions laying around loose
in Undo Sam's strong box at Wash
ington. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TIIK Maxwoll-Prollor tragedy which
caused so much excitement in St. Louis
in April , 1885 , is now drawing to a close.
Maxwell , or whoso real mime is Hugh
M. Brooks , after having been sentenced
to death for the murder of Arthur Prol-
lor , appealed through the state courts
to the United States supreme court on
the question of the constitutionality of
the state law as applied to his case.
The opinion of Chief Juhtico Waite was
adverse to the petition of Brooks and
followed the decision as rendered by
the same court in thp Chicago anarch
ists' trial. The last straw for Brooks to
grasp at is the governor's pardon or
commutation of sentence. As this is
highly improbable , the day is not dis
tant when Brooks will pay the penalty
of his crime hy'hanging.
IT is undoubtedly tlio fact that the
recent victory of the administration in
Pennsylvania was achieved through
the active work of the democratic
federal olllco holders in that state. Had
they kept hands oil it is not improbable
that Randall would have boon success
ful. But this sort of interference has
ceased to attract norious attention be-
cuuso it has come to bo understood as
entirely agreeable to the administra
tion , and to bo expected whenever the
exigency requires it. Mr. Cleveland
has an object to accomplish which ho
will not permit any sentimental con
siderations to interfere with , and it has
boon apparent for some time that ho had
concluded there was very little prac
tical polities in closing the mouths and
tying the hands of the army of otllce
holders. The example sot by the col
lector of customs at Philadelphia and
others in the fcdotal service In Pennsyl
vania will bo freely and boldly followed
by the ofllco holders elsewhere , nt lcos > t
until Mr. Cleveland is ronominatod and
hears the decision of the people through
the ballot.box. . .
Tariff Discrimination.
In almost every respect the existing
tarllT discriminates ) against _ the poor
Inan. It places a higher rate of duties
upon the chcnpcr classes of goods which
the people of moderate means must buy
than upon the classes which only people
of wealth can afford to purchase. It ex
acts from the masses who subsist by
their toll the larger bounty on every
thing they wear , giving to the rich the
iHMiollt of a lower tax on all the finer
and more expensive articles which it is
their privilege to have. This is true of
everything In the line of woolen goods ,
and it is even more conspicuously Into
of all cotton and linen textile fabrics.
"Mixed woolen dress goods cost
ing \r \ cent.a ) square yard pay a duty of
(57.S-1) ( . while such goods costing ! U cents
a t-quaro yard only pay 00.00. Woolen
hosiery valued above ! 10 ccnta and not
over -10 cents a pound pays a duty of
08.M ) , while such hosiery valued at over
SO cents a pound pays only GO.J57 duty.
Wool blankets valued above , ' ! 0 cents
and not over 40 cents a pound pay a ,
duty of 07.01 ! , while- such blankets
valued above 80 cents pay but 65.33. So
it is throughout the manufactures of
wool , the more costly grade of articles
bear the lighter duty , the heavier ex
action of the tariff being placed on the
classes of poods which the people of
moderate means must bo content with.
In cotton and linen textile fabrics the
discrimination against the consumers
who are compelled to buy the cheaper
goods is equally or more marked.
While the higher qualities of these
fabrics pay duties ranging from 40 to 05
per cent , the duties on the cheaper
grades range from 110 to 175 per cent.
Thus one quality of Swiss mull , costing
13 pence abroad , pays 110 per cent duty ,
while the corresponding highest grade ,
footing 6i pence , pnys only 40 per cent.
This last rate is made on the finest
grades of figured muslin , India muslin ,
India linen , and tarlatan , while
the lowest and cheapest rates pay
respectively 85 per cent , 75 per cent , 1)5 )
per cent , and 175 per cent.
The exhibit could be greatly enlarged
to show how appropriately the existing
tariff discriminates against ( ho great
majority of the people , but the exam
ples cited are sufliciont to make plain
the injustice that is being done and the
urgyit duty and necessity there is for
remedying it by a thorough revision
and reform. No fair-minded man can
examine these figures without admit
ting that they present a grave wrong
and an unjustifiable oppression which
ought to bo removed. A hy&tom which
permits such a discrimination against
the great majority of the people , and
puts the greater part of the burden
of tariff taxation on the weaker shoul
ders , is absolutely indefensible. Reason
and justice condemn it and it cannot bo
maintained without most serious injury
to the public welfare. Such facts utterly
confound the arguments of those who
insist upon nou-intorfcrenco with the
tariff.
" \Vns it Unwarranted ?
A morning paper takes up the cudgel
for Building Inspector Whitlock and de
nounces as entirely unwarranted the
charges which the BEK makes against
that ofilcor for overreaching his author
ity , and imposing on the city through
the employment of needless subordin
ates.
ates.Mr.
Mr. Whitlock was charged with paying -
ing his inspectors for services which
they hail not rendered , and keeping a
clerk at $75 a month without proper
authority.
Mr. Whitlock admitted that ho has al
lowed his two associates $4 per day each
for twcnty-bovon days of December , but
ho claims that they had worked twenty-
seven days during that month , and
wore entitled to pay for it. There wore
only twenty-six working days in De
cember , but Mr. Whitlock says that his
inspectors worked the Monday after
Christmas because some builders who
worked on that day had fo bo watched
in their building operations. '
Wo should like to know what Mr.
Whitlock's assistant inspectors were
working at in December. Mr. Whit
lock says his $75 clerk issues all the
building permits and does all the olllco
work. If that is true what is Mr. Whit
lock doing himself to earn $150 a month ?
If ho and his two assistants were com
petent to do all the inspection during
the busy building season , what is the
need of three inspectors when building
operations are practically suspended
except in the few largo brick blocks ,
which are mostly fire proofi1 Docs Mr.
Whitlock pretend that his inspectors
were employed in watching the interior
work of the First National bank , the Mer
chants' bank , the U. S. National , and
buildings of that character ? What do
these inspectors know about fire-proof
buildings ? What do they know
any way about building , excepting
the carpenter work ? The charter re
quires that the building inspector bo an
architect or competent builder. Mr.
Whitlock himself is a carpenter. Ho
may have been a builder of frame
houses , but his experience as a builder
of stone and brick buildings , and es
pecially of fire-proof structures , has
been acquired since he has been super
intendent of buildings. His two assist
ants are also carpenters by trade , and
their inspection beyond enforcing plans
approved by Mr. WhHlock is a farce ,
and could bo carried on just as well by
a blacksmith or machinist. But that is
a secondary matter. The question is ,
why docs Mr. Whitlock certify to the
vouchers of those two inspectors for
twenty-six days in November and twen
ty-seven days in December , when the
authority under which ho is allowed to
employ them restricts him to 34 a day
for each day actually employed ? This
docs not moan employed as carpenters ,
tinkering about the city hall building.
Carpenters can bo hired at this season
for * 'J.50 a day , but if they were worth
a day their work could not bo legally
included in the vouchers of the build
ing inspector. In view of the admis
sions of Mr. Whitlock , the question is ,
were the charges of the BKK unwar
ranted ? IH there any valid excuse for
his retention on the city pay-roll of inspectors
specters who have nothing to inspect at
this season of the yonr ? . What right
had Mr. Whitlock to certify to'their
vouchers for full time on inspectors'
duty in November and December wh'on
they could not possibly ho PO employed ?
The intimation that theBr.K is trying
to have building inspection abolished is
absurd. It is notorious that the creation
of the building inspectors' department
is mainly if not entirely due to agita
tion by the Bun. The ofllco of superin
tendent of buildings is permanently
csfablished by the charter which the
editor of the BKK helped to frame.
That olllco cannot bo abolished until a
new charter is made. But we object
most emphatically to the reckless waste
of the city'.s money on assistants when
they are not needed , and the Imposition
of fraudulent vouchers for services not
rendered. Wo object to this method of
doing business , not only in Mr. Whit-
lock's olllco , but in every department of
the city government.
ProlltlcHs Conventions.
No other country is HO prolific in conventions -
vontions as the United States. Almost
every separate interest fcols called upon
to present its claims to public attention
at least once a year through a conven
tion or conference. This method of set
ting forth special wants is always most
fully developed during the first few
weeks after the assembling of congress ,
and it has been resorted to with unusual
freedom this year. Last week Wash
ington was the scone of what has not
inaptly been called a carnival of con
ventions. There was moro than one
for every secular day. in Iho wcokand of
course each was regarded by its promot
ers as representing an object of the great
est Importance to the general welfare ,
The advocates of ship subsidies were at
the national capital in force nnd formu
lated under the eye of congress their
shrewdly devised plan for building up
the shipping int6rcst of the country by
a system of bounties from the national
treasury. The wool-conference was a
somewhat imposing and not altogether
harmonious gathering which finally
agreed that the government should
take a stop backward in the matter of
tariff taxation , and started a contro
versy which is not likely to improve the
chances of this proposal. 'There was a
gathering of tobacco growers who ,
strangely enough , had no suggestions
to offer congress , a convention of
bottle-makers , presumed to bo seek
ing more protection for the Amer
ican bottle , the national board
of trade , which had something to
say , most of which nobody paid
any attention to , on a number of sub
jects , and a pure food convention that
was more remarkable than any of the
others for the dissensions among its
members and the disposition of the dele
gates to prefer pleasure to business.
The inalienable right of American
citizens to convene when and whore they
please , for any object they may deem
proper , will not bo questioned , but as to
the value of such conventions as those
held in Washington thus far , and of the
others that are to follow , so far as relates
to their prime purpose of influencing
legislation , it may fairly bo doubted if
they have any. They may have n meas
ure of usefulness in disclosing to the
country the special claims nnd desires -
sires of the interests represented ,
and thereby stimulating publio discus
sion of the matters with which they
concern themselves , but there is some
reason to doubt whether the men who im
agine this lobe the best way to get what
they want do not make a mistake. The
influence of the method diminishes as it
becomes more common , while in-most
cases the devotion to pleasure quite as
much as to business of those who attend
conventions at the national capital is
not calculated to deeply impress con
gress with their solicitude for the cause
they represent. It is not always tlio
case , cither , that these conventions are
composed of men whoso ability is such
as to give them a claim to very consid
erate attention. The most zealous
may easily have their zeal explained -
plained by strong personal inter
est , while others have availed
themselves of an opportunity for enjoy
ment. Under such conditions it is not
surprising that members of congress
look upon the average convention at
Washington as an organization having
much the bamo purpose as the unorgan
ized lobby.
Call a Halt on Tax-eating.
Mayor Broatoh is in a position to render -
der the city invaluable service by purg
ing its pay roll of a swarm of pensioners
who are employed without legal author
ity and drawing exorbitant salaries for
worthless services. Thso tax-caters
are gnawing at the vitals of the city. In
many instances they are employed in
direct violation of the charter. Their
number is constantly increasing and
their retention has become an incentive
to inefficiency , shiftlcssncss and down
right Crookedness in the various branch
es of the city government. For a city
of metropolitan pretensions , provided
with costly municipal machinery , the
fast and loose methods of doing the city's
business is a burning shame and dis
grace. There is not a single depart
ment from city clerk down to city en
gineer operated and conducted under
ordinary checks and safeguards usually
employed by any well conducted busi
ness firm. The city clerk employs as
many deputies and clerics as ho pleases
at whatever salaries ho chooses to allow
them , The city treasurer , in flagrant
violation of the charter , which restricts
him to $1,400 a year for all his deputies
and clerks , keeps on the payroll depu
ties and clerks who draw from $5,000 to
$7,000 a year. The council cheerful ! }
votes these illegal appropriations under
the pretense that the treasurer needs
this extra help , not taking into account
that the treasurer is allowed 2 per cent
on delinquent taxes to pay for his extra
clerk biro.
The city engineer's department has no
schedule of salaries fixed by ordinance
and no limit is imposed upon the num
ber of employes. While no one charges
the engineer with dishonesty , common
business rules would require the estab
lishment by ordinance of the salaries to
bo paid and the number to bo employed.
The building inspector's department
Is wasting over $400 a month during the
winter season , nnd the , suporintondeni
of the city hall building has drawn $100
last month for loafing , when Iho ordin
ance only allows him pay forsuporviston
when construction of that building is
actually going on' .
1 Tlwro has been a great deal of waste
.11 the street commissioner's dopart-
ncnt , judging from the amount nppro-
irlatcd during tho4ast season.
The council dollbfcrately ignores this
deplorable sUite of affairs and practically
; lvcs countenance ty those raids on the
city treasury , and the increase of the
number of pensioners.
Unless Mayor Broatch comes to the
'ront to check this extravagance and
general lawlessness , taxpayers will bo
compelled to organize for their own pro-
lection and appeal' to the courts to en
join the payinentof fraudulent vouchers
uid appropriations made without war
rant of law.
TllK republican papers of California ,
which ought to have a pretty thorough
insight into the motives of Senators
Stanford and Stewart , have no hesi
tation in interpreting their vote for
Lamar as duo to his well-known friend
ship for railroad corporations. The San
Francis-Co C/iroiucfc / asks : "Why seek
far and wide for a motive when one was
so apparent , so obtrusive and so effect
ive ? " Wo question if there are a hun
dred _ men in the country , able to take a
candid and intelligent view of this
matter , who do not sco what the motive
was that led the California and Nevada
senators to vole as they did , and who do
not believe that their action and
the course of Lamar before
his confirmation were in pursuance of a
compact most deliberately arranged be
tween them. It remains to be seen
whether the obligations of that agree
ment ceased when Justice Lamar took
his scat on tlio supreme bench , and the
opportunity to test this may not bo far
in the future.
1M109IINKNT PJ3USONS.
Wilkio Collins Is suffering from nervous
prostration.
President Carnet , of Franco , believes la
his lucky star. Even us u schoolboy lie felt
that ho was destined to bo great.
Senator Bcclc , of Kentucky , has served
twenty years In congress , during twelve of
which ho hus been in the scnato.
A fund for the nkl of General Longstrcct ,
started by an Atlanta paper , is promptly
stopped by n letter from Mrs. Longstrcet.
Senator Fair recently paid his divorced
wife $500 for a bunch of rosebuds at n Cath
olic fulr in San Francisco. This smacks a
little of sentimentality on the part of the
senator.
Mrs. Secretary Vilas has never recovered
from the nervous shock resulting from wit
nessing the sudden death of Judge Elicit ut
the president's reception at Memphis. There
has been little or no improvement since the
lirst attack , and her physician and friends
are becoming alarmed ;
Representative Burnett , of Massachusetts ,
is the only congressman who considers his
marriage an event of sufllcicnt importance
to bo embalmed in tlio congrerslonal direc
tory. Ho Is evidently proud of the fact that
ho "married the only child of James KusscU
Lowell in 1872. "
Representative Presley T , Glass , of
Tennessee , has introduced a bill in congress
for the suppression of' ' lotteries and church
fairrafllcs. He says.lhoy are the abomina
tions of this generation. This bill has been
referred to a committee nnd labelled'Glass
handle with care "
Bolva Lockwood , mnn-llko , is "In the hands
of her friends" for u presidential nomina
tion. She considers that her alleged t can
vass In 1884 "may have been the amusing
sijo of thu campaign , but it was an educa
tor and civllbcr , and a dense forest of Ignorance -
ranco has been blazed for a coming woman
president. "
Preaching Out of Season.
St. Louts I'ost-Dlspateh.
Sam Jones is discouraged at the result of
his labors in Kansas City. When a town is
wrestling with the remains of a real cstato
boom It Is in too bad n humor to bo advised.
A Correct Slmllo.
Providence Juumnt.
According to the report of the commission ,
passing a civil service examination is about
as valuable In securing an appointment as a
diploma from an agricultural college towards
buying a farm.
Looks Ijlko n Misdeal.
VliilmMtilita 1'rcxi.
The everlasting Baltimore & Ohio deal has
turned up again moro's the pity. Some of
our ablest financiers have always insisted
that the Baltimore & Ohio deal was a mis
deal , and it looks as though they were moro
than half right.
A Pertinent Question.
Clci'dnwi ' I'laimlealcr.
The formation of these trusts and combines
is a monstrous evil and growing every day ,
and an ill-adjusted tariff is the soil in which
they sprout. How otherwise than by a revi
sion of the tariff can these noisome growths
in the world of trade and commerce be eradi
cated !
Not a Novel Bill.
I'lUtlmrg Dlipatch.
The Outhwaitc Pacific railroad bill , as out
lined in the press dispatches , seems to be
drawn with' a view to letting those companies
that wish to pay their debt do so at a mate
rial discount , and permitting the others to
keep on defying the government as they Imvo
done heretofore.
A Prophecy.
Atlanta Constitution ,
Mark what wo say that surplus will ho
there when this congress adjourns , all except
what they absorb. But the next congress ,
elected by the people on this issue , will take
the matter in hand and relieve the people
from the excise oppression with which they
are now burdened.
A Stumbling-Block to Monopoly.
I'litlaMvlitn Record.
Some eastern genius 1ms devised n machine
for cleaning cottonseed oil of the lint adher
ing to it , by means of which the seed may bo
put in condition for shipment to Europe ,
whcro it will bring $23 a ton , while the price
paid by the cottonseed oil monopoly Is $7 to
$3 per ton. This is an unexpected stumbling-
block In the pathway of the oil magnates.
Tlio Coal Huron Speaks.
Ahc l"oiH'lirli / .
Lot tnem strike as much'as they like ,
To us tis a perfect boon.
Merrily high tlio prices lly
In monopoly's big balloon ,
Though they starve by bits in the Inky pits ,
Though their children cry for bread ,
The end of thu game must bo the same
King capital keeps ahead.
Good pay. Absurd. Uxm | my word ,
What moro can the men require !
You speak of the poor what they endure ,
Deprived of their bit of firo.
If wo who control the price of coal
Reduced nt this time of year ,
Onr dividends , rar worthy friends , '
Would rapidly disappear.
I'm willing to add that the work la bad
And dangerous , too , to face ,
Hut when ono stops and reels nnd drops
There's another to take his place.
'Supply and demand , " throughout the land ,
By. that will \vu stand or fall ,
We're dealing in conls , but bodies anil
Are not iu'cur line at all.
STATK AND TKimmmv.
Nebraska Jotting.
Dakota county claims a population of
0,000.
Rushvlllc has been declared the
county scat of Sheridan county ,
Nebraska City proposes to secure a
rock pile as a gymnasium for her bums.
Six days without a train and ten days
without mail was the lillxznrd experi
ence of Coleridge , Cedar county.
Seventy thousand dollars worth of
building improvements are booked to
bloom In the spring in South Sioux City.
The Ponca coal shaft struck a fifteen-
inch vein of coal at a depth of fifty-seven
feet. The work of sinking the shaft is
being pushed vigorously. *
The Yankton Press says a committee
of Yanktonians is to visit Omaha in a
couple of weeks in the Interest of the
proposed Yankton-Omnha railroad.
The 1'ugot Sound colony boomers are
operating in Plattsmouth. The gilded
bait held out will doubtless catch the
fancy of the reckless as well as their
spare cash.
Hrokon Bow has been given to un
derstand that the Missoiml Pacific was
heading that way , and with proper in
ducements in bonds and lands , would
build to the town.
Plattsmouthors are organ izln g a grand
hill slide carnival , and have extended In
vitations to coasters in Omaha , Lincoln
and Council Bluffs to participate and
crack a shin or two.
The supervisors of Butler county have
compromised with the defaulting treas
urer , G. II. Cutting , at 83i cents on the
dollar. Cutting cleared $3,500 by the
operation.
Grand Island is offcrod _ a beet sugar
plant provided the business men sub
scribe stock to the amount of $10,000
nnd a farm of 800 acres. A. J.
Lcvalleo is chief engineer of the
scheme.
Judge Kenncy , of Nebraska City ,
Indian agent at the Yankton agency ,
publicly denies having made the state
ment that 1,000 perished in the blizzard
in Dakota. Ho declares that a few facts
have boon tortured into alarming false
hoods ,
Iowa Items.
Sioux City has on the stocks building
improvements to cost $1,812,700.
The press club of DCS Moincs will in
dulge in a banquet February 14.
The business men's club of Davenport
will blow in $500 in advertising the
town.
The Bromcr County Independent says
hay is $10 to $12 per ton and fodder very
scarce.
The alcohol works at Atlantic are to
bo converted into a starch factory the
coming season.
A Marshall county farmer thinks the
snow is twenty inches deep on an
average in the timber whore it is not
drifted.
The force of telegraph linemen are
pushing forward the now telegraph
wire between Fort Dodge and Sioux
City at the rate of fifteen miles per day ,
when nt work , although the intense
cold weather seriously interferes with
the progress of the work.
Dakota.
Dcadwood is threatened with a coal
famine.
A party from Wisconsin has inudo ar
rangements to establish a foundry and
machine shop in Huron early in the
spring.
Mitchell citizens are coming to the
front grandly with subscriptions to
make up _ the $2,000 for the next terri
torial fair.
The American tin mining have 7,000
pounds of stream tin , averaging 65 per
cent , that will be shipped from Dead wood
to Now York in a few days.
A prominent citizen of Aberdeen said :
"I have lived in Dakota and Minnesota
thirty-three years and never saw or
heard of such a storm. It was phenome
nal , and such a ono may not occur again
in a hundred years. "
Bismarck is all torn up sociallv over
the Judge MncKcy and Mrs. Withorbeo
scandal. That Mrs. Withorbeo is sock
ing a divorce is admitted. Many stoutly
champion the cause of the lady , and in
sist that it will bo time enough to con
demn her when the facts are proved.
Dakota has a largo supply of blizzard
heroines. Miss Nellie Guernsey , a
teacher in Yankton county , is ono of
thorn. Her school was in session when
the bliz/ard came and her. orders to her
school children were to remain in the
building until the storm was over. She
then started across the prairie in the
midst of the storm to the nearest house ,
half a milo away , and procured a supply
of provisions and returned with it to her
imprisoned charges at the school house.
Providentially the two journeys were
made in safety and the school children
were enabled to pass the night in coin-
fort. At the house whore the provis
ions were procured were four men , but
not one of them could bo induced to
accompany Miss Guernsey back to the
school house. So she went alone.
Montana.
The new city directory of Helena con
tains 5,240 names.
The bullion shipped from Butte last
week was worth $70,192. ,
Six spans of the Montana Central's
eight-span bridge across the Missouri at
Great Falls are completed.
In 1887 at the Helena land office there
were entered 252,841 acres of land , the
receipts for which were $100,593.47.
The minincr camp of Burk , in the
Ca > ur d1 Alencs , imports 300 jxninds of
whisky and liquors to 100 pounds of
provisions.
The production of the Hocla company
at Glendale for 18S7 amounted to 457-
712.29 ounces of silver , 501,581 ounces of
gold , 132,880 pounds of copper and
4,515,379 pounds of lead.
A wealthy Montana man has offered
the College of Montana at Deer Lodge
$10,000 on the condition that the col
lege raise $15,000 moro and maintain a
perpetual scholarship for deserving
girls without means. W. A. Clark and
S. K. Larrabiohavo headed the $15,000
subscription list with $1,000 each.
Serenaded GeneralCrook. .
The excellent band of musicians from Fort
Omaha located themselves in the corridor of
tlio Pax ton last night and dispensed charm-
inp music for over two hours in honor of
General Crook. In consideration of the
courtesy the general invited a largo number
of Omaha's best people to enjoy with him the
musical feust , and the grand balcony swarmed
with the vigor , wealth and beauty of the city.
During thu instrumental intermissions vocal
muslo was rendered by local talent In the
parlors , and thu evening was most cnjoyably
passed , _
WnntH to Uoino West.
Secretary Nattingcr , of the board of trade ,
is In receipt of u letter from Samuel U , Mas-
sa , proprietor of the Golden Anchor House
Furnishing Kmi > orium , of Providence , R. I. ,
nsklnc for data in lofereneo U ) Omaha. Ho
suyti that ho Is on thu uvu of selling out hla
works in Providence with a view of locating
In the west , and that this city Is lilsi contem
plated point. Mr. Nuttlngcr replied to Mr.
Massa's request and furnlbhcd him with n
copy of the illustrated I SKI : annual.
A. O. II , Hand Party.
Another of these pleasant socials for which
the A. O , H. b.ind Ls famous was given last
n'ghti ' at Cunningham's hall , over 1UO rouplo
being , in attendance. A must onjoyublu time
was had.
T nuiixs.
Oinnlin ScotH Do Honor to the Memory
of the Hard.
Lust evening the Hums club gnvo their
annual banquet and ball nt cximsltlqn hall ,
nnd over ' . ' 50 Scots nnd admirers of the great
peasant bard osHeinblud to do honor to the
memory of tlio Immortal Uobbiu on this , the
IWtli anniversary of his bit th. A delightful
thno was enjoyed , and many graceful tri
butes were paid to Hums ami Scotland. The
decorations over the stngu were simple , eon-
Hlstlng of two American flags draped over the
Hritish Hug , in the center of which was the
l > ortralt of the bard , whoso natal day the
Scots delight to celebrate. In the renter of
the bull were live long tables , all purrounded
by guests. The banquet commenced nt Ull : ! ) ,
and before the toasts were ended It was
nearly midnight. The programme was
bended with the following graceful senti
ment f mm David Knox :
Each joy or grief that lights the o'o
Or melts thu heart by turns ,
Stands forth refined nnd glorified
In Scotia's mlnstiel Hums.
Just before the banquet , the president , Mr.
Thomas Muldrum , in a brief but fitting
speech welcomed the gucsUs assembled to
celebrate this anniversary of Hums' birth.
Ho was followed by Rev. W. K. Copelnnd ,
who asked the grace. At tlio close of thu
banquet Miss Kll/abeth I'ennoll opened tliu
programme with the song "Caller Herrln. "
She was warmly encored nnd most graciously
responded with "My Heart Is Snlr for Soino-
bouy. " After music , "There was a Lad
Horn in Kyle , " Hon. .fohn M. Thurston re
sponded to the toast , "Tho Memory of
Uurns. " He said in brief i
One hundred and twenty-nine years ago in
a humble cottage in Scotia a boy was born ,
well in body , but great of spirit. None knew
that then an nngel of melody had como to
earth to play utwn the strings of human
heart * . Nearly ninety years ago lie died in
body , but to night throughout the civilized
world his memory lives. This genius of im
mortal song awoke the slogan of warlike
days. Hu renewed the memory of Wallace
und Hannockburn to keep the Scottish char
acter loyal , bravo nnd true. He sang of
peace. Hu sang of Scotland's Mary , the un
fortunate and lovely queen whoso fate aroused
the sympathy of the whole world
Ho sang of nature nnd of nature's Cod ; of
bank and bral , of loch and suriounding clitTs ,
of rushing rivers and eternal hills. Ho sang
of lovu , Iho divine nectar of impassioned
beauty and made the miracle of lovu divinely
Bwcat. Ho rejoiced in thu conviviality of so
cial life. Ho know that our best happiness
springs from our inner self. Ho also sang of
the gicater truth and the sublimcr melodies
of man. Ho bent no suppliant kseo to prince
or plutus. paid no attention to creeds or
priests , but believed and rejoiced in the
Justice and power of almighty God. (
Mr. Thurston was followed by Mr. North-
rup , who sang "Hero's Health to Honniu
Scotland. " The delighted auditors forced
him to return and ho favored them with "Up
wi' the Bonnets of Bonnie Dundee. "
Mrs11'uttis , n mezzo-soprano , sang "Honnlo
Woods o' Craigho. " She , too , had to return
and glvo an encore piece. After music by
tbo band. "God Save the Queen" ami "Star
Spangled Banner , " Mr , John Wilson res
ponded to "Tho Land Wo Left and the Land
Wo Live In. ! ' Ho dwelt upon the memories
and scenes of bonuiu Scotland and with equal
fervor told of the wonderful growth
of America and the principles slio repre
sented. At the close of his speech ho was
greeted with loud and prolonged npplnuso.
Littlu Maggie Meldrum , aged twelve years ,
sang very sweetly " 'Afton Water , " with thu
encore "Comin'Through the Hyo. " Mr. A.
K. Gray followed with the stirring song
"Tho March of the Cameron Men. "
After "A Man's a Man for a' That" by the
band , Mr. G. M. Hitchcock responded most
gracefully to the toast "The Press. "
The programme ended with songs , "Sea
and Shore" by Howie , and "My Love is Like
the Hed , Red llosc , " by Mr. T. J. Pcnncll ,
both of which were enthusiastically encored.
The guests then adjourned to the balconies
while the tables were removed , and shortly
after midnight the dancing commenced and
continued until a late bour.
AMUSEMENTS.
A Splendid Minstrel Performance nt
Boyd'H IjnKt Night.
There were but few vacant scats nt Hoyd's
last night and the balcony and gallery were
literally packed with peoplo. The Gorman
Spectacular minstrels was the attraction and
u clearer cut or tnoro refined performance
has never been seen in Omaha. This com
pany has made a notable departure in min
strelsy and the different nets are cleverly
conceived and excellently executed. Negro
minstrels and circuses are closely associated
together in the minds of a majority of amuse
ment patrons on account of thu sameness that
usually predominates nil performances of
either class. Hut to the Germans must bo
given the credit of originality , which , nbovo
all things , is duo clement needed to continue
the popularity of negro minstrelsy. The vul
garity , so common to performances of this
kind , have been eliminated , und there is not
the slightest thing in the whole programme
that could offend the most fastidious. Thu
audience last night was comi > osed of the very
bust people in Omaha , and the applause was
unstinted.
The company is a largo ono nnd
tlio llrst part is replete with now Jokes , comiu
ditties and pretty ballads. "Tho Shepliurd
Hoy's ' Hcturn , " by Mr. Harlcy was finely
rendered und received a well deserved en-
coro. Mr. Currau sang , "Under the Acorn
Tree" ono of the sweetest ballads over
heard in this city in a manlier that created
tumuluous applauso. Mr. Gcorgo ( ionium
und E. M. Hall on the ends weru oxcullcnt
and kept tlio audlenco In a roar of laughter.
The Quaker City quartette are accom
plished musicians und guvu a clover act.
"Tho Dancing Musketeers , " arranged by
tlio Germans is most praiseworthy and tlio
dancers arn well drilled in boyonot exercise.
Add Hyinan mack ) nno of the funniest
stump speeches ever heard , whilu Mr. E. M.
Hall exhibited wonderful skill In banjo nlay-
ing. Thn performance closed with u funny
extravaganza entitled "Tho Golden Hall. "
Plain Talks nt \ . M. O. A.
The committee on lectures and classes has
arranged a course of Informal lectures to bo
given at the rooms for th benefit of the as-
soclution. The course will bo both interesting -
ing and instructive , embracing hygiene , arch
itecture , modern electricity , etc. , und will bo
given by prominent men of the city men
well informed and able to present thuir sub
ject in an interesting manner. 'Iheso are for
the association members and also tlieir
friends. On Friday evening the llrst of the
course will bo given upon thu subject of "Sur
gical Aimtsmy , " by Dr. J. W. Harnsdall.
Internal llcvciiuo Collections.
Yesterday's Internal revenue collections
amounted to ? 1.1-(42.00. (
Catarrh to Consumption ,
Catarrh In Its destructive force stands next to
mid undoubtedly loads on to consumption. It is
therefore singular that thosu nllllcted with this
fearful disease should not mnku it tlio object of
their lives to rid thomsciv us of it. Deceptive rem
edies comoctod by Ignorant pretenders to medi
cal knowledge have weakened the confidente of
the creat mnlorlty otsulferers In all advertised
lumodtos , They become luslgncd to u life of
misery rather than toituru themsclvus with
doubtful palliatives.
Ilut this will never do. Cntiirrh must bo met
nt every atiiKo und combated with nllour in IK lit.
In many cases thu dlsoasn hus usstimed danger
ous symptoms , The bones und cartll.iKo of the
nose , the organs of healing , of seeing und or
tasting so utlettod us to bo Useless , tbo uvillu so
elongated , the throat so Inflamed and irritated
as to produc. " > constant and dlstioHiliiK couxh ,
SANt'niiu'H Hujiou. CUIIK moots every phusii
of Cuturrli , fromaslmplo liejul cold to tlio most
loathsome and ( IcstrnUlvn stage * . It Is local
und constitutional , lustuntlnreliovliig , perma
nent in curing , sufe. , economical und never-full-
flitch packnga contains one bottle of the lUnt-
CA i , ( Jinn : , one box 1'A r.HKH AI , HOIVINT : , und un
iMl'HOVKI ) lMI.tl.KII , with treatise ; price , fl.
Vorrr.u Dam k CIIIMIU.M : < ( 'O. HOSTON.
UTERINE PAINS
And Weakness distantly relieved by
tlio Cl'TIl UIU ANTI-I'.MN I'l.Ahmi ,
u I'ertect Antldotu to 1'uln , liillani-
. . . „ mutton nnd Weakness. . A now , moot
agreeable , Instantaneous und Infallible palri-
killing piaster , especially ads pled to lelluvo
follialu pains and weaknesses , vastly superior
to ull other planters. . At nil druggists , 3 rents ;
flve forl. < Mor. ; postagH free , of I'urriiit liuil
AMI L'HKMll Co. , lloalcui ,
THE C1TT OF OMAHA BY GASLIGHT ,
U'liat tlio Hepor'or S w Thn Don
Klirht Tim Sermon The Poverty
Htrlekcnl-'ninll } I'ho Coroncr'H
lament.
Thellfoof n reporter on a dally paper Is
not oiid of the most happy lot * . lloN east into
nil Muds or oompaay , Hum the hlKlustto tint
loweM drop * it mirluty. At oiui time lui 1 < rail-
I'd to attend uii Inquest , to'\\rltu up" tliosiul-
ili-n death of n mini , who for yi-ur * was knoun
to bo u rollablo rnllromler , n tt-nmstor , or car
penter. If not pi'ix'lniucu brlrklnuT or uven it
common IUOOHT. On his \\ay luck to tlio olllco
\Uth IIH | notes a frUiul - < nys , "I can gl\u you the
imniiMof u party to l > o nmrrled ut iicoitalu
hour. " In qui'tdof news thnipportcr llnd.su
poor mother nnd nnvor.il tmmll chlldi on In u mlH-
> Tiio1o kind of hovel anil In n I'mulshlng condi
tion. 1'romlxlng to do all In ! IH ! tiouvr to relieve
them thoncrllio wt'iuls hl.s\\nv ngntn , wlum his
tnmiKhlH uiu tumid to his note book. In an In *
ctatil his eji'8 are cnst on u memorandum which
sny.s : "A dou iiRht ut . at7y.ni. " Well.
here coiiirs the trliil for tlio jioncll pusher. A
Ifuillnir minister Is to pivuoh iv si-rnion from a
text > \blcli he deslrcHpilnletl niul thu reporter
1m * promised to do that \\ork , us MM mavknl
roph'3 of the paper containing that m-niion Is to
be mulled to the ministerial friends ) of thu pas
tor. .
"IIKIIK IS A rllKTTY MKSS. "
A coroner's Inquest , u starving family , n dog
flKht nnd u prominent divine's sermon , all to bo
\\rllten nil by the suine. poimm for I ho .nno
imper published next morning. All of thu above
Inis happened within u couple or hours. The re
porter makes the ellorl and by holtllim the
"forniH" for half un hour Is ouccusHful mm nets
rlil of his load of cure , but .such was not the
rasu with the gentleman who makes the follo\\-
IUK Interesting statement :
To the writer who met Mr. William Prowiler.n
teamster Iconled at the runner's Hotel , eornor
of Uth und llurnvy Mts : "When I win In Denver
Nimo j ears ugo , " mid Mr. O'ow iler , "I was em-
Dlojed by the I'nlon I'nelllc Knllroad Company
usulaboier. It was \\urin weather und I was
working without iinv eo.it on and becamu some
what \\urm by the time. 1 unit work , I Mailed
homo with my rent olf. A Miulden K"st of ulnil
cunif up und bet'oro 1 knew It \\UHchtllek I
through and took n severe told and It hottlwl In
inv face and hi'iul. which yoomuil to gut very
( .ore , and became M > .swollen thpt uttime.smy
filends would not reci'nnl/0 mo. It y.ilucil mu
very much My hi-ml would iiclio from moinliui
until nlKht nml from night until morning. My
bowels were veiy lostlvo for u numberot' yoaic ,
und to tell tliu truth 1 cannot remember when
they were regular until reei'iitly. My uppetlto
bocumu very poor und 1 lo : b < ej-ul pouuds In
w eight.
I COtrt.ll NOT PI.F.KP AT N'lflllT ,
unil when I uroso In themoinlni ; I was us tired
a.i 1 was lietoie. 1 ret lied ut night. I would have
home of the most boiilblo di earns ImtiL'limblo. |
nlso became low-spirited mid lU-Mponilunt. und
otton wished 1 wu.s ileuil. Things begun to urow
wor.so rapidly. 'Iho fall of the > ear eumti mid I
would tuko colds on the least ONjio-uro. My head
would feel full , my nose htopptMl tipmul I would
blow out hard chunks or .icatia which seemed to
be blond. They \\uiu puttlil und emitted u bad
oilor. Mybrentli WUH very offensive. 1 noticed
utter n while that 1 liud u buzzing or rinsing
nolso In my heud , nml my hearing M-I-mod to bo
alfected.us I eoulil not hour M ) plainly us boforo.
My om'M'oiued to bt'Mire , nml KimollmL-s ills-
chinKeil , especially ut night , when thu pillow
cnso would trenuuntly bo hotleil , 1 found the
ellnmteorcoloiiulodldnot ngree with mo nnd
i etui ned to Omaha where 1 Imvo resided ever
since.
"Well , to make n long story short t found out
that my trouble was nothing more than caturrli
mid that It hud become chronic , us my bronchial
ttibus were effected. I WIIH troubled with u huek-
ing rough mid would buvo to huvtk uiul hplt u
greater part of thu time In the morning. It WUH
of no uncommon occurrence for mu to nag mid
vomit before I could clear my throat. I read the
advertisement of Irn. McCoy und Hunry , und
something moro tluin u month ugo 1 cbiiMiltcd
with themand was surprised ut thu low price
they iigroixt to fiirnlMi me. with medicine and
treat mo for ono month. They did not prombo
to euro mo , but suld they would help mo very
mateilnlly. 1 begun treatment und nave only
la-entreating for n little o\er ono month and
the rcinarKnblochuiigo Unit hns.roino over mo
Is simply uondei fid. I hoar UH well us 1 over
did , my nose does not stop up , I do not hawk
mid spit nny mole , my bowels urn us rognlnr 3
clook work , my nppotltn nxiollrnt. I nloep
soundly nnd do not have those horrible dreams
nny more.and feel better than 1 liuvu full for u
number of years. "
" 1 fool very Krutcful tlmt I am so much bottot
bccnus.0 I novur nxpuctod to fool this well again ,
und Imvo no hesitancy In clvlui : my testimonial
to tin- many already published by Dro. McCoy
nnd Henry und freely rocominond their treat
ment to those sulTorlng from cuturrli , us they
cured mo utter Mjvurnl other doctoia uud nu
merous patent medicines fulled. "
MIL wir.r.MM cnownrm ,
As Rbovn stated Mr. Crnwiler can bo found ut
runner's Hotel , corner 14th und llarnoy Hts. ,
w'heru bo will corrobborute thu ubovu.
FETID NASAL CATARRH.
Its Simptotns and Wli.it H Leads To- -The
Miserable Keeling * , Etc ,
Tills form of catarrh is essentially n illsenso of
thonusnlLuvlty pioper , und dots not extend to
the vault of the pharynx. Koruwhllo u dry ru-
turih may , nnd very ireimciitly docs , tluM'loji In
that legion us thu result of Btructinal changes
within the tissues of thu mucous miiiiilu ane. Thu
symptoms mainly conslitln tlipuccmiiuliitlon In
tlio misal c.ulty of oil ensl vn masses und crusts ,
together with 111010 or loss of n tlnlil dli-clmi'Ko.
The imxul cavity thus obstructed thu breathing
is moro or le&sillllli ult.
ThoHoiisoof Hinull Nliupolrod. If not entirely
lost. The especial liability to take colds on the
least exposure exlst.s , ami the susceptibility to
chunks of temperature und tlio Inlliiouco of u
damp utmosphero fmiuontly rniues thickening
of thu nasul mucous membrane. As th secre
tion BOOM on trom the suifaco to thu mucous
mombrau the masM'H nro lilted fioiu their bed ,
nnd still losing tliolr molsturo , largo mists nru
gradually limit up fiom liolow , which mould
themselves in Its narrower portions In snch u
manner that thu sullorer Is unable to dlslodgo
them , and they loiualn In posltou for ila > s uiul
uvonwookH. Their odor Is ollt'iislvo In thu ex
treme as the roMilt of thlH long retention , during
which time the putrefactive changes uru con-
Ktantly goliis on Thu siilforor may bo entirely
unconscious of the ollenslvo breatli. but others
roadlly nntlcu It und endeavor to nhun the com
panionship of su < h persons ,
To l-.icu und IVntiires.
Them nro many cases wherein fetid cntnrrh
has tlono Its destroying work In the nasal pann
ages. poisoning tbo breath , ruining the HOIISO of
smellfiiK und taste , und perceptibly marring the
features ; sometimes , lu long neglected or Im
properly treated cases Klv1"K thtun un upiicar-
unto distorted , iepulsl\e , iilmost deformed
Much tlmt IH true haw boon wild regarding Ilio
results of < atarrh impairing the Konoral health
"iill ottliiK the throat , ItiiiKsmidstoiiiucli , mid pro
ducing consumption and dyspepsm , or rcm hlng
the oars mid musing deafness. Hut few persons
roallzif liowKcnoral iirothu ( lostructlvor results
of tliddlSH.isoin the noio mill face ulono.
Very many of thecano.s of ilnttunt'd nnd crook
ed noses come from tills cuiise. Th distortion
commonly known ns "fioa furo" U u frequent
result. Duik rings nbnut tlio uc.i , led uud in-
llnmeil eyes and nostrils , almost Invanbly result
ns thu ncKlectod cntniThnl proceis proceeds.
The eyes are Minietliiios seriously airettod. In-
llamed lids , weak slKht , HWliiinilUK mid watery
or blood shot appeal. un u being among tliu com
mon conditions that obtain.
DOCTOH ,
J , CRESAP McCOY
AND
Dr. Columbus Henry
( I.nto of University "f I'onnsylvanla )
JIAVI : nrru iw
No.IIIOuml.lll IN lt.\MJiilLlllINO. ( :
Comer ritteunth and Huniuybln. , Omaha , Nub ,
w hero ull curable canon nus treated
with success.
Mcdirnl diseases tionli-dsklllfullv. Consump
tion , llrluht's disease , ly i > i'iil | i , Ithi'iuiiiitlniu ,
and ull NKItVllt H HlSKAblX All ill.seuae-i I.e. .
rallur to the trnxw-t n specialty. CAIAHUII
UNtitflTATlN ( ) ut olllcc or by mall , II.
Olliro hours U to II it. in. , - t < > 1 p. m. , 7 to A p.
in. . HuiKUyrilw Inileil.
Correspondeiieoreeelvos prompt attention.
Many discuses mu treated successfully by
lira , Mi-Coy niHl llmiry ilirwifth the malls , nii'l
It U thus poxnlblu for tho-iii uiublu to inaKx
joinucy tu obtain .tuccosdf ill hospital treatmun
ut thlr hollies.
No letters uinwered union * uccmnpanlud by
4c In stamps. , , . ' , , .
Address nil letters tfi ! > n. Mrf.'oy und Henry
HoomsJia und JI1 JUmjoUulldlni } , ' Omaha ,
Ntb. ' .