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TliK prohibitionists were defeated ii
the local election at DCS Moincs. Tin
A prohibition plunt la dying at the root :
\ cause , too much water.
IT ! H a plain truth that California wil
upport nobody for president who is no
known to bo in hearty sympathy witl
the Chinese immigration restriction bill
THE Now York Sun suggest .Tcromlul
Rusk of Wisconsin for president. Ad (
to this , Tom Reed of Mnlno for soconi
place. Wouldn't Tom and Jerry bo i
drawing attraction , though ?
SKNATOU INOALLS made the halls o
congress ring with genuine oratory ii
his recent speech. The cocKles of tin
old soldiers' hearts wore warmed as tin
gallant Kansas statesman poured hi
shells into the democratic ranks.
THE little tiff which the members o
the Council Bluffs board of trade hai
with Mr. Her will , in the end , do th <
Chautauqua enterprise considorabli
good. It has brought the project prominently
inontly before the public. Evorybod ;
> r is talking about it and public sentimcn
iu Omaha is aroused in its favor.
Mil. ClIAllLKS FllANOIB ADAMS pretends
tends to bo mortally afraid that UK
Union Pacific road will forfeit its charter
tor if it refuses to. handle and switel
Burlington cars. Mr. Adams know
bettor. Did not the Union Pacific violate
late its charter years ago when it refused
I fused the B. & M. terminal tratll
facilities at KcarnoyV Hasn't th
jr
i Union Pacific "disregarded charto
obligations time and again during th
past fifteen years when compliance wa
deemed inconvenient or unprofitable V
THE Iowa state senate is strugglinf
with a railroad bill. A day and a hai
has boon spent in discussing nn amend
tnont to insert the words "undue and un
reasonable" before the word "prefoi
once , " where it relates to discriminatio
iu the bill as reported by the commiltc
on railroads. The senate is cutting u
the committee's report which wa
originally framed in the interest of th
people , nnd perverting the bill so as t
favor the railroads. In the state as in th
national legislature the senate is alway
within easier roach of the corporalio :
I lobby than the house.
DH. MILLEII , wo arc assured , fool
very confident that the Union club wil
revive the Yankton project and giv
Omaha that much needed railway connection
noction with northern Nebraska am
southern Dakota. This is good no\vstiim
wo hope the club will speedily rcdoor
the doctor's promise , There has beoi
altogether too much blow and blusto
about this project , and wo fear tlmt Dr
Miller's backers will back out just a
I they have done whenever tnoy woix
IT * naked to plank down a liberal subsorip
W tlon. Too bo sure , Jay Gould may
. when ho returns from Europe , decide ti
build that road as an extension to th
MlssourfPnclfic. In that case Jay Gould
and not Dr. Miller nnd his club , will fur
uish the ways nnd moans to build tin
road.
Tun course of Mr. Barbour , of Vit
pliila , senator elect to succeed Riddle
berger , in retiring from the chairman
fihip'of the state democratic commlttoi
for the reason that ho is not in sympn
thy with the. policy of the national ad
ministration , is an episode in curron
polities of more than ordinary interest
Mr. Barbour , is very strong with hi
party in Virginia , and the practical re
pudiatlon of the administration whicl
his action implies can have no otho
.effect than to cause thousands of demo
crats in Virginia to follow his example
As the democratic chances in that btat
were not particularly brilliant befor
vr this disaffection was developed , the
r nro certain to become far less so now
I
am } it can by no moans bo any longo
regarded as an unreasonable oxpoetn
lion tlmt with a strong prosidentiu
rnndidato republicans may' can
ine state. Certainly the notion ot Mi
Uarbour ought to provo a stroucr on
counigoinont to ; republican effort ii
Virginia , as undoubtedly It will. , An
other olToct limy be to load demooraU 1
ether southern states to an .oquull
courageous cour'sot to the further weakening
it oning of democratic hopes. Such cii
itfc tuinbtancps should have Ihoir valua ii
, it i inn hi tin republicans to' their bo :
.lud wibcat olTcta. , * " ' .
Emperor William's Impending Death.
The impending death of Emperor
William of , Germany opens A .field
of almost Illimitable conjecture , as to
what may bo the effects of that
event .upon Germany' and Europe.
Although the world has boon fully
prepared for it at > any time during
the past year , and especially no since
the illness of the crown prince had be
come nn Added source 'of wearing anx
iety to tho. aged emperor , yet in the
present condition of European affairs it
is impossible that the death of this pow
erful ruler of a great an'd thoroughly
loyal nation , could fail to have most im
portant nnd far-reaching consequences.
Nothing hay been more conspicuous in
the affairs of Europe since the termina
tion of the Franco-Prussian war
than the potency ot the
will of the Gorman emperor. It has
dominated every controversy in which
thu empire he ruled had the remotest
concern , and it has either given form
and direction to thd policy of other na
tions or rcstralhcd them from action
that would have antagonized it. Un
doubtedly very great credit is duo to
the wisdom , thu foresight , and the cour
age of thf , rcut men who have boon the
countollors of the dying emperor , and
who will survive him , but he has had n
wisdom , foresight and courage of his own
and was never merely the creature of his
advisors. No ono of them was moro pa
triotic than ho , none of them had u
lilghcr standard of national elevation
and power , none believed moro firmly In
a great destiny for Germany. The
arts of statecraft and the details
of politics ho could leave to others , but
the objects to be achieved for strength
ening the empire and increasing its se
curity ho actively concerned himsoll
with , and therefore merits an imperial
share of the honor that belongs to those
who have made Germany powerful and
protjX5rous. ] The world knows thai il
was the will of the kaiser that has
maintained the peace of Europe during
the past two years. "While the em
peror lives there will bo peace" was t
declaration made long ago , which has
since done more than almost anything
else to give a sense of security to those
who desire peace and to curb the zeal
of those who have boon cagor for war ,
The emperor believed the true pollcj
of Germany to bo ono ot peace , c
belief not altogether duo to tin
natural conservatism of age , and his influence >
fluenco was steadily directed to the
maintenance of this policy.
There would bo little reason to appro'
hond any departure from this wise pol
icy if the Crown Prince Frcdoricl-
William were in a physical condition tc
assume the imperial rule. But his lift
hangs upon a thread , and his romova
from San Homo to Berlin-from tin
warm and genial climate of the Italiai
town to the harsh and wintry wenthoi
of the Gorman capital may suddenly
snap that thread and place thodestiniei
of Germany in the hands of Princ <
William , , the grandson of the dylnf
cmporor. Whether justly or not th <
succession of Prince William would bi
regarded as a menace to the peace o
Europe. He has recently in n public
address disclaimed any warlike sentiments
monts , but it is generally believed tha
ho has a soldier's ambition , and that hi
would not bo long content to simpl ;
enjoy the glory and achievements of hi
ancestor. While his father , the crowi
prince , has been infull accord am
sympathy with the policy of the dyinj
emperor , Prince William is chargei
with having been in persistent opposi
tion , so much so as to have incurred tb
displeasure of both the emperor
ror nnd the empress. Fo
a .timo ho would undoubtcdl ;
give heed to the advice of those wh <
had boon the counsellors of his predecessor
cossor , but the danger of his yioldini
to the military influence with which hi
would doubtless bo surrounded wouli
always bo imminent , and the apprehension
sion of this could .not bo favorable t (
the maintenance of peace. The influence
once of Bismarck would bo potent for t
time , but how long no ono can foresee
Young men elevated to great power nn
apt to rebel against the counsels of thi
aged , oven though it have the wurran
of a long record of wisdom and grea
achievements to commend it.
Still ether questions of deep concon
relate to the possible attitude Urn
Russia may assume upon the 'emperor'
death , nnd to whether the alliance wit ]
Austria will bo maintained. May no
the czar BOO . in this impondini
national bereavement to Germany hi
opportunity to strike and promptl ;
avail himself of it ? Those and otho
possible complications naturally suggcs
themselves , presenting altogether uhos
ot contingencies that invite endless con
jocturo. But there has recently beoi
such nn exhibition of patriotism am
loyalty on the part of the Gorman peopli
as to warrant the expectation that whatever
over difficulties they may bo called uuoi
to encounter , as the consequence of tin
emperor's death , they will bo bravol ;
met and successfully overcome , am
that the unity of the empire will not hi
endangered. '
Impolitic Action.
The action of the democratic mnjorit ;
of the committee on ways and moans ii
refusing to permit uny of the interest !
aiTcctod by the proposed revision of tin
tariff to bo heard before the committee
except in the form of communication
to bo filed , was not generally expected
It was supposed that as a matter o
policy , since thq majority had frnmei
the tariff bill without any oonsultatioi
with the republican minority , they woult
nt least acco'do to a proposition to nllov
the most important , interests affected t <
be hoard , It was doubtless unroasonabli
to expect that all interests wouli
bo permitted to consume the /tinv
of the qommlttco iu olubor
ate presentations of their objection
to the proposed measure , but curtain o
the moro important interest's could havt
been allowed td do' so without fairly sub
jccting the committee to a charge o
giving uuduo preference. It seems
albo , that It would have boon o'speeiall ;
politic to hnvo ullowcd properly delegated
gated representative ) } of labor to hi
hoard before the eonuhlttoo , but n prop
bitipu for this was likewise rejected.
TlUs action was a' mistake , und.ittil .
make an Jmprc&uloii unfavorable-to tin
dumocratie members of the commlttci
and thorcforo.'duiua ing to tho. part ;
they represent. Very likely few inter
ests , \l any , will send nny communica
tions to the committee , for the rea
son that they will conclude that
it * would bo labor lost to
do so. When it was proposed thnt such
communications should bo read by the
clerk to the committee itwas voted
down , thus very plainly implying that
it is not the desire or intention of the
majority to give any attention to com
munications from the business interests
of the country. In View of this it will
manifestly bo a waste of time for the
representatives of any Industry to seek
the car of the majority ot the ways and
means committee. Fully satisfied as
they obviously arc with the result of
their labors , they * evidently intend to
stand or fall by it without asking
or accepting any advice froin other
sources or seeking to gain further
knowledge. There is perhaps no
precedent for such arrogant as
sumption on the part of the majority
of a committee of congress proposing
legislation of the very highest import
ance affecting the interests of the who6 !
people.
Every act of the democratic members
of the ways and means committee has
plainly indicated that partisan consider
ations have boon uppermost in their
minds , and the effect will bo damaging
to the cause of revenue reform and can
not fall to count heavily against the
democracy in the political campaign.
The party appears to bo still in the full
possession of its fatal faculty for blun
dering. _
AT the last mooting of the council
Hascnll came to the front as the cham
pion of dives and dons who want to
keep open all night and carry on thoii
orgies when honest and decent people
are in bed. A very innocent looking
ordinance which did not express its ob
ject in the title was Introduced by the
bellwether and referred without com
ment. These of the council who wore
in the secret made no remark ,
and those who did not under
stand what the ordinance con
tained naturally allowed its reference
to the committco without discussion ,
The ordinance in question proposes
nothing moro nor less than the repeal
of that provision of the ordinance regu
lating the sale of liquor which require !
all dealers to close their resorts at mid'
night. Now , Hascall knows that com
paratively few , if any , saloon men wh (
keep orderly places want to keep thoii
saloons open all night. The move is in
interest of the disreputable resorts
which cater to the lawless clement. Bui
that is the very element to which Has-
call looks to for political backing. For
tunatcly for good government , there ii
no danger that the proposed repeal o :
the midnight ordinance will carry.
TnnEE or four days ago a brakomar
on the Burlington road was killed whih
engaged in coupling freight cars a' '
Lincoln. The fatal accident was causec
by the man who handled the locomotive
and backed the engine when he was directed >
rectod to move ahead. At the coronor'i
inquest it transpired that the man ii
charge of this locomotive had been em1
ployed as brakeman on the road only i
few weeks ago. In ether word , the so
called engineer who was instrumonta
in crushing a brake man to death wa
not competent to manage a locomotive
But , for all that , the coroner's jur ;
brought in a verdict that nobody was ti
blame. Coroners' juries in this stati
are picked by the coroner ; and the coroners
nors are usually picked with great can
by the railroad henchman who pacl
conventions. Had this coroner's jur ;
boon Impartially selected the vordicl
might have found somebody to blame
BY the death of Branson Alcott and
that of his daughter , Louisa M. Alcott
America has lost two famous writer
who stamped their influence on our lit
erature. Bronson Alcott was the lasi
survivor of that brilliant group of met
which numbered among its member !
Thoreau , Hawthorne and Emerson
His daughter has inado her name i
household word. She was ono of tin
best and most entertaining writers ol
stories for girls and boys. Louisa Al
cott's stories will bo read and will pab
down as classics in juvenile litoraturi
when the books of many a populai
author of to-day will bo forgotten.
PROMINENT PERSONS.
Miss Emma T/hursby has been the guest o
Mrs. Ole Bull , at Cambridge. '
General Uuskt of Wisconsin , is rcgalniuj
his health at Thomasvillo , Qa.
Marshal P. Wilder , the humorist , is gain )
to Japan to make the Mikado smile.
Wllkio Collins Is again afflicted with * th <
gout , a disease from which ho has ahrayi
suffered moro or less.
Labouchero cables to the Now York Worli
that Ira D. S.mkoy Is about to return to Bug
laud to conduct a scries of rivals.
Cyrus E. Dalliu , a Boston sculptor , has jus
completed n bust of James Russell Lowell
which Is much admired by Boston art critics
dCittzen Train , who Is lecturing up In Nov
Brunswick , now adds to his autograph
"Omaha's Twenty Millionaire , Solf-Expatrl
ntcd. " The citizen is doing quite well.
General Grccly , chief of the weather bu
rcau , Is buck at his post in Washington. Hi
will now devote his energies to keeping th <
untamed month of March as quiet as possi
bio.
bio.At the Spencer art sale In New York , Pot
tcr Palmer purchased Miller's "Shepherd
ess" for $7,500 ; Rousseau's ' -Sunset" foi
$7,800 and "Diaz's "Tho Assumption of tlu
Virgin" for fJC50.
Joseph Chamberlain will bo handsomolj
entertained in Philadolphlaboforo ho return :
to England. Ho will bo the guest of St
Gcorgo . Childs nnd will bo given a dinnci
by the Society of St. Gcorgo.
There are no three men nllvo who , whet
they make a speech nr write a letter , cm
command such worldwide attention a'
lilalno , Bismarck and Gladstone , it Is almos
a wonder thnt Gladstone's name didn't'bo
Bin with B.
The birthplace of Horace Qrooloy , a llttlt
two-story farmhouse surrounded by 12'
acres of rather poor land at AinhOrst , N. H.
hns been sold for taxes. The bhthplaco o :
Ueneral Sheridan bos Apparently boon losi
or stolen.
J. M. Hill ; the well-known theater innna
gor , . had a narrow escape when the Unloi
Siuaro theater burned in Now -York. Ii
trying to save his papers ho made ono trlj
too many to the oftico , anil was overcome bj
the smoke. .Ho was carried out by the jx >
lice , who saw him fall ,
Seth KnunnnJ n noted- hunter of the Pa
clllo coast , died at Hutubolut , CuL , ro < v > ntlj
at the ngro of seventy-two. Hocrossed' the
plains from Pennsylvania early In the ' 50sJ
nnd had passed tho1 greater pnrtof his llfo
since then In hunting nnd trnpp. ig. Ho pre
sented President Duchannn with a buckhorn
chair of his own uinuufacturo In 1W" , and
made n similar present to President Lincoln
In 18V4. ( President Johnson land President
Iliiycs also received presents of n like Datura
from him.
VnnoWyek , Tor President. 1
TlMr I'ilnt.
Nebraska has stood for James G. Blalnc
for president over flWo ho was ilrst a candi
date. But now tha'tho hoi withdrawn from
the contest why noti select n delegation for
General C. H. Van Wyck , Ho Is head nnd
shoulders nbovo many of the proposed cait
cm states' candidates In ability.
.Sam Je\cett. \
Tell me , O dying daya
Before thoti fadest away ,
, Kissed hy the BUU ,
Host thou.no vague regret ,
Now that the sun Is sot ,
That llfo is done t
Tell mo , O rapturous night ,
If the soft starry light
Fills thy desire ?
Hast thou no discontent
When the warm duy is spent
Without Its lire ?
Tell uio , O world remote ,
If no light shadows float
Over thy sltyl
Toll mo , I fain would know
If longings como and go
After wo dloi
STATE ANI > TERRITORY.
Nebraska Jotting * .
Orleans will plant water works thii
spring.
If winter could bo Induced to carry t
revolver in his hip pocket , there woult
bo a prospect of an early slldo off the
lap of spring.
The eligible young ladles of Tccum
soh are taking copious draughts o
nerve wino , ana an early boom in the
matrimonial market is looked for.
The B. & M. organs in Lincoln hav <
given the company such support in UK
strike that they expect to reap a liar
vest of Missouri river rates "when tlu
cruel war is over. "
Plattsmouth is now ripe to aid am
greet a rival railroad. The board o
trade declares that the Missouri Pacifli
can got a bonus of 8-50,000 for building
to the city. The attempt of the B. & M
to bulldoze the people against the strlk
ing engine men has been resented ot
all sides.
Hon. Richard Thompson , duke o
Hastings , has sold the Hastings Demo
crat to R. B. Wahlquist , of the McCool
Democrat. The folly duke will b <
missed from the ranks of tho.profession
His future movements arc not definitely
known , but it is believed ho will taki
charge of the woman suffrage burcai
for Nebraska and manage a base bal
club on the side.
The White Cross league , of Gram
Island , a ministerial organization , i
convinced that satan has opened a bu
rcau in the Independent ollico with tin
mayor in charge.The league has declared
clarod war on this citadel , and betwooi
thrilling prayerspnd the rattle of mu <
batto'ries the townis , beaded with coli
sweat. The alleged now editor Jia
raised the temperature of the ludepond
ont to the nineties.
Tho.battlo of the giants of capital am
labor and the dying groans ot omperon
are peaceful ripples in the current o
life compared to the county seat war ,
now in progress in-Greeloy and Pcrkin
counties Greeloy Center and Scotia ii
the former , and ? Grant and Madrid ii
the latter. An admirer of the stati
militia suggests that the best way ti
bring to tno surface their retiring
qualities , would bo to quarter them 01
the warring counties for twenty-fou :
hours. A profound attack of homesickness
ness is * assured.
The Plattsmouth Herald paints thi ,
striking picture : "Tho reporter wcndci
his weary footsteps to the depot as tin
passenger came in from the west. I
was a doleful picture. Not a passe n go
in the coach and but one perceptible ii
the sleeper. No ono got off. No on <
got on. No ono in the waiting rooms
No ono at the lunch counter. No omen
on the platform , not oven a railroad om
ployo. The engine whistled and departed
parted like a phantom as it was watchci
in its mysterious progress by a solitar ;
Pinkerton man and the reporter. Thi
Pinkerton man wont to the Porkin
house and the reporter to sleep 't
dream , aye , there's the rub , for in thi
( strike ) what dreams may come. ' "
"Tho " thi
competent engineer , says
Plattsmouth Journal , "who took wes
the first sCQtlon of No. 5 , the west-boum
passenger train yesterday morning , wa
a competent daiby. Being the first sec
tion , no was ordered to carry the usua
signal to denote that another section o
the same train was to follow. Hi
skirmished around and secured thi
flags and asked a switchman where ti
put them. The latter , supposing o
course that the fellow would Know bet
tor , told him to tlo them to the mail
rods , nnd sure enough the compcten
engineer began to tie them there , unti
tlio conductor came along and saw hln
and directed him to the place to displa ;
signals. This was an actual occurronci
and was witnessed by many people win
were on the platform. And ho waa run
ning an engine at the head of a passen
ger train. "
Iowa Items.
Clinton , Oskaloosa and Waterloo an
organizing clubs for the coming basi
ball season.
A real live ffhoat hi been found n
Muscatine. A fouow played ghost Sr
order to steal his neighbor's ' wood.
Twenty-four young men were exam
ined at Burlington for the West Poin
cndotship vacancy. James N. Martit
was the successful candidate.
The Rod Oak ' ( $ and buggy com
pany will put up between G,000 and 0,001
carts this season. jTJioy now have nbou
forty hands nt wprk and will increase
the force to fifty inW few weeks.
A young Gormaif [ 'named ' "Stoinburg
east of Eldoravii8guito ( | seriously in
jurud by a bull.uho / vicious brute
turned upon thojjfaung | man in tlu
stable anu would probably have germ
him to death but fpirtho opportune nr
rival of the ownoryj {
The managers of tie Iowa state university
vorsity modestly oajmho legislature ti
appropriate 820,00Jifpr ( the purpose o
purchasing a base bftl ground for tlu
students. The Atlantic Telegraph sug
pests the appropriation of a few dollar :
for saws and bucktuyid lot them oxer
else on the unlvor&ty woodpile.
Dakota. '
Fargo has paid 838,102,78 in tax'oa t <
the territory the past year.
The Milwaukee road is to bo cxtondoi
from Chamberlain to the Black Hills.
Hot Springs nnd Watortown are the
loading competitors for the location of
the Dakota soldiers' homo ,
The supreme court at its late sesslor
at Bismarck decided that a schoo
teacher's wages cannot bo attached foi
debt.
debt.A
A company will bo incorporated al
Abhtou with a capital stock of $100,00 !
to develop the. recent find of gas at thai
place.
La'st week in tho' . little town ot Ln
Mou.ro five babies wore.bornin ono.dny ,
four of1110111 girls. . Dakota , will soon
have no use for matrimonial emigration
bureaus.
_
, Colorado.
Orcoloy Is the potato market ol the
state.
Sacred concerts on Sunday nro out
lawed In Denver.
The Lincoln St. Colorado railroad
capital $2,000,000 , has boon incorporated ,
The Pueblo , Gunnlson Pacific rail
road has boon ihcorporutcd , capital
$5,000,000.
Denver proposes to blow in 8105,000 in
celebrating and entertaining the range
convention , March US.
Real estate transactions in Donvot
last week amounted to $1,018,010 , , the
greatest , week on record.
A gigantic Bystotn of swindling and
cmbeziUug on the Uio Grande , road luu
been broken up by the authorities. Tlu
operations of the gang netted at leas' '
It is alleged that the division
between Alamosu and Sllvorton has boon
deliberately pillaged by employes foi
the past four years At the present
time live men , heretofore regarded as
trustworthy are under arrest , charged
with the theft.
*
THE bAnOR IMlOUIjBM.
Michael J. FnnnlriK Declares titquoi
tlio Hoot of the Evil.
Every scat In the gallery and nudltorlun
of the Swedish-Lutheran church , Nineteentl
and Cass streets , was occupied lu t night
The number of young men and laboring met
present was noticeable. Mr , John Dale
president of the Metropolitan Prohlbltloi
society , presided.
When the Harmonica quartette rctulcrcc
In Inimitable style "Who Killed dat Snuko,1
the great congregation burst forth In tro
mcndous applause , nnd President Dale was
forced to renew the request of the previous
night that tha auditors wlthold their en
thuslasm. The same quartette , which hai
added so much to the success of these meet
Ings , gave a number of vocal selections am
Kev. Charles W. Savldgo Invoked Uio dlvliu
blessing.
Mr. Michael J. Fanning was introduced bj
President Dalo. Taking for his subject
"Llnuor and Labor , " Mr , Fanning said tin
question how to solve the labor problem wai
next in importance to the ono devising t
remedy for the ovlls of the liquor trnnlc ,
With ono of his apt Illustrations the siwakoj
demonstrated the great difference o :
opinion existing between nblo nni
Interested persons upon the best plitn for rcm
cdylng the wrongs of the laboring class. Up
on ono occasion the speaker had asked at
aged and eminent priest why It was that then
were so many different theories upon thi
Christian religion. The clergyman rcplicx
that the cause was duo to the lact that ovoi
since reason became a faculty in man , pco
plo formed their theories first and thet
searched the scriptures hero and thcro fo ;
ovidcnco in support of that theory , Instead o
reading the divine law and basing their beliefs
liofs upon what they had read. It was tin
same with the solvers of the labor problem
Each hod bis own views of the cause and
what was best to remedy it and refused tc
yield. If they would search the history of tlu
past and observe the events of the present
impartially and with a dcslro to strike di
rcctly ut the cause , they would profit by ; thni
study , locate iho evil and begin war upon it
When the liquor question was settled
he boliovcd the labor problem would bo In t
fair way for solution.
The speaker then read a number of reports
from Vfneland , N. J. , Bavaria. 111. , Greoly ,
Col. , and Edwards county , 111. , which described
scribed the situation in those prohibitlor
localities and the benefits arising from tin
abolition of the trnOlc. Ho showed the con
dltion of the prohibition localities of Eng
land , Ireland and Scotland , which wen
maintained to bo In every way on endorsement
mont of the feasibility of abolition.
Keturning to the labor problem the spcakci
declared that in proportion to the Increase ol
women and children omployosnvorage wogof
decreased. There was no dispute as to the
effect of child and female labor upon the
wages of the country. In many instance *
woman nnd children were forced to earn thoii
broad through misfortune , not in the least
attributable to the liquor habit ; but it was t
matter of record that in the great majorltj
of eases strong drink had deprived the home
of husband and father , and she who should
bo the queen of the homo , and these whc
should be securing an education were com ,
polled to labor for their dally bread. And
thus a competition which affected the wages
of the workingmcn BO seriously. The spcakoi
declared that the remedy for this waste
to do away with the compotlon of women
and children by closing up the saloons , send
ing the women homo and the children to
school. By , this wages would be increased
to their proper proportion.
The speaker said that the result of the
abolition of this competition would bo that
capital is labor's best friend , manufacturers
-would bo compelled to pay fair wages , tlu
weak would bo bonoilttcd as well as the
strong , women would secure rest and happi
ness , children education for the future nuO
the country nnd its affairs would bo prosper-
ous. But then the question arose , what shall
bo done with the employes of the llftuor pro
ducersl It had been said that If these
now employed In this line were de
prived of their situations there woult
bo danger of overproduction. A patriot frpin
Ohio had once been so wrought up at the fe.u
of overproduction by the speeches of Genera'
Gibson that ho sought the white sand hills ol
Michigan for agriculture in the hope that he
might not injure the affairs of his country bj
adding to the already ternblo aspect of the
producing world. It was overconsumption
of beer and whisky which was ruining this
country. In 1SST f 040,000,000 had been spent
for strong drink , nnd during tlio same yeai
100,000 souls perished from the effects. II
Undo Sam would retire from the great whis
ky trust. In which ho was chief partner , nud
upon which ho received a percentage ol
90c , ! ) rt,000 men , it is true , would bo thrown
out of employment in nn unholy production ;
yet tlio bonellts derived by that
dissolution would open new nnd
better channels for the services of these men
nt bettor wages and greater happiness. To
illustrate , the sneaker asked the audience tc
imagine that the millenium had struck
Omaha. That would not occur as long as
thcro was ono saloon iu the city to bring team
to the wife's ' eyes or pain to the mother's
heart. But the millenium would como on
the wings of absolute prohibition. In the
midst of this imaginary millenium the speaker
graphically portrayed the experience of a re
formed laboring man. Three weeks after
the niillcnium bad struck Omaha , the same
man who but three weeks bo'foro had stag
gered homo , might bo seen coming over the
hill with head erect , slightly pale , 'twas true ,
with two or three pairs of little shoes swung
across his arm. That man had no Saturday
night whisky bill to pay now , his brain was
free from the poison , nnd with love In his
heart and tokens In his hand , ho wended his
way , happy , to the homo ho had so
often desecrated. What did these
little sboes i eprcsent ? Not much In dollars
nnd cents , but worlds to ho who gave and
these who received ; little tokens of a love ,
heretofore suppressed by poison , now re
leased and revived by the millenium. Those
little sbocs meant happiness to father , wife
nnd children. What did they represent to
the nation ) The love and affection ol
000,000 men revived by the millenium meant
1,500,000 pairs of .shoos and the result was a
boom all along the leather line , moro con
sumption of shoes nnd a greater demand for
labor. A few nights later this same man
brings homo n calico dress "ho has gene out
of the wet goods business into the dry god Js
lino" und the result is a boom all
along the dry goods lino. The
now suits of clothes and the additional
ncccsarics of life purchased by 600,000 ol
the o men cicatcs a boom allulong the line ,
and thus the abolition of the liquor truftlo
created additional consumers for that which
was necessary for the happiness nnd health
of man and woman , Whonon a visit to n
Michigan saw mill the shaker had witnessed
the removal of u largo bolt which brought tea
a halt the motions of nu liumcnso saw ; the
eamo power required todrlvo that ono saw
was being distributed , and was sufilcicnt to
operate a number of other saws. This was
the * condition the liquor und labor pi obleins
assumed to-duV.
"Vo mdu who favor a Hcenso- system , " exclaimed -
claimed the speaker , "Urn same baVo which
-hid - with fear and trembling from Its father
under your rdSime , will bo clapping Its hmidn.
In Infinite happiness , in its greeting- 'papa , *
under outs. " "There , " said- the speaker ,
iu ' .conclusion , "Mauds u monster ilia-
- * 1 , . .
chlno wrecking from 80,000 , to 100,000
souls each year ; destroying flW.OOO.OOO
In food products annually ; ruining tlio future
of the brightest young men ot our land :
blighting the hones ot parents , the lives of
fair maidens , the happiness of homes. It
Bin nils u mcnnco to society , to the Institu
tions of a great nnd prosperous tuition. It
combats purity nud truth , God and right. It
Is the enemy of all who love home-mid the ten
der ties which bind us thero. It Is the nemesis
of nil who form Its ncquaintniico , nn Injury
to all In whoso midst It exists. Toll mo ,
workingmcn , is It oxix-dleut to throw off this
belt and nbollsh this cursoI If so , let's work
for prohibition. "
To-night IMr. Fanning will speak nt the
Grand opera house. A cordial Invitation 1
extended to all to bo present.
SOUTH OMAHA"NKWM. .
C. C. Smith Is hero with two cars pf hogs
.1. Garten brought In a car of cattle from
DoWltt.
W. II. Schuflcld , of Friend , was In with n
car of cattle.
W. II. Lnktn came in from Dorchester with
n car of cattle.
E. G. Nelson , of Tccumsch , had n car ol
cattle on the market.
M. French , of Wllber , was on the market
with three curs of cattle.
John Uachmnn , of Hachman & Malnv , of
Lincoln , came In with n car of hoirs.
Knights of Labor social club cclcbra St.
Patrick's day with u dance in the evening.
Tonight the dcmorrats will hold their
first mooting iu the Knights of Labor hall.
L. E. Southwlck , the banker ami stock
man of Friend , was In looking over thu
market.
Members of the South Omaha Loan nnd
Building association held their regular
monthly mectlmr. Everything was reported
to bo flourishing nnd another loan of $500.
There was a minor afloat that n stock train
hud been ditched somewhere In the country ,
nnd Inquiry siowcd ] that a H. & M. was ex
pected , Agent Check could glvu no Informa
tion.
tion.Charllo
Charllo Mack , general yanlmaslcr for the
Union Stockyards says ttm backbone of the
13. & M , strike at this place is busted , the
switching is all bclug done and all trains
running on timo.
New steps arc going down in front of Al
Geary's , in accordance with the jnstruction
given to the marshal nt the last council meet
ing. The owner of the building will pay for
them.
j
There wasafamllyshootingscraiKJat about
1 o'clock yesterday morning , nnd the man
that did the shooting was run In. No 0110 ap
peared when the case was called , nnd the
prisoner was discharged-
Exchange hotel guests yesterday were : 0.
Krause , Wahoo , Nob. ; G. Snlstock , West
Point , Neb. ; M. Ingles , Cedar , Creek , Neb. ;
E. G. Nelson , Tccumsch , Neb. ; J. J. Smith ,
lllalr , Nob. , mid C. C. Smith , Milford , Nob.
Francis Murak , Jr. , has invented some kind
of n heat radiator , and was In town trying to
sell territorial rights. Ho wns run in for
peddling without n llcrnso , but proved that
in case ho sold a sluglo radiator ho had it
made by u South Omaha mechanic , and was
allowed to go.
Time and again the different physicians
have been called in to render aid to the vic
tims of street or saloon fights , but in no ease
has the council ordered the bills thus in
curred to bo paid. The physicians are becoming -
coming tired , and think It time for some ono
of their number to bo appointed and nt least
paid for the care nnd medicine they have
hitherto been compelled to furnish grat
uitously.
A VERY GltOSS ACI.
Mrs. Glfford Is Defrauded at a 80-
Cnllcd Employment Agency.
Wednesday night Thomas Glfford , a day
workman , swore out a warrant before the
police Judge , for the arrest of Frank Gross ,
who presides over n Thirteenth street employ
ment agency. The Information sots forth that
Mrs. Glfford , wife of the complainant , wont
to Gross and paid him $15 on the assurance
that ho would got her husband a position.
, The employment agent Informed the woman
that ho had the contract for the grading of a
lot on Thirteenth street , and that he would
sot her husband at work tboro at good
wages. This ho failed to do , although
frequently importuned to fulfill his part
of the bargain , and when applied to refused
to refund the $15. His place was visited by
the polleo yesterday but Gross was not to
bo found.though the police say ho Is still in the
city and will bo arrested yet. Ho
will bo prosecuted for obtaining money by
fraud and misrepresentation. A week or
two ago a young girl applied at the Gross
agency , and after paying &J in pavment for a
situation had been sent to a house of Ill-fame- .
There are a number of thoroughly disreput
able nnd dishonest agencies of this kind in
the city that will probably bo broken up by
the authorities.
St. Clmrlcs In Private Life.
The running of the cable tramway cars on
Harnoy street Is gradually making that
thoroughfare a well-traveled ono. These
of the old settlers who pass along between
Twelfth nnd Thirteenth street will now
notice that nn old landmark has at length
disappeared forovor. It was the St. Charles
hotel , a familiar two-story frame structure of
white with green blinds which linked the
present with a generation that has almost
disappeared. The Uui : some weeks ago an-
nounccfl that the place had been closed up
nnd with its sale came Into notice recollec
tions of some of its hosts. Mills , Adams ,
Uchm , Canfield and Joslyn. At present ,
what Is left of the old curiosity , whoso last
days were spent in abandonment nnd gloom
may bo seen climbing tlio South Tenth street
hill on Its way to the corner of Twelfth and
Harbor , where Officer Hinchoy , who has pur
chased it , will repair nnd use it for dwelling
purposes. The cost of purchase and moving
has been about $500. The main structure
only was moved , the wings and they were
about as numerous as the yarns which were
told around the structure being broken into
kindling wood. It has not yet been decided
whether H. C. Crenior , who owns the lot ,
will build UIKJII it.
Fnlluro nt Wnhoo.
S. M. Gilbert , general store man of Wahoo ,
In this state , has been closed up nnd given
mortgages to the following local creditors ;
J. T. Robinson , $225 ; Glltnoro & Uuhl ,
S27V..1S ; Kllpatrlck , Koch & Co. , $003 CO ; Wil
liam Preston it Co. . $01 ; Sloan , Johnson &
Co , , ? 2W.20 ( ; A. T. Austin , ? 1)0. ! Besides
these there nro several other outside crcd-
tors , making total liabilities of $ , lWil.70.
Pnblto'works.l
Chairman Halcombe , of the board of public
works'yostorilar sent a letter to Thomson
& Delaney , the contractors of the North
Omaha sewer , reminding them that they had
promised to complete the Job by the 14th of
last October and that they had suvcral times
since repeated the pledges , notwithstanding
the work was still about half dono. The let-
tcr continued thut If thq contractor ! !
did not perform their obligations , !
their bondsmen would bo called upon
to do the work , nnd In tin
event of their failure to finish It the city
would do the wor.k and chorgo It to the 'con
tractors.
Thomson Is In town , hut Delaney 1ms loft
the city and It Is not likely that ho will re
turn soon ,
The plans nnd specifications for the cover
over the Jones street soxver nro on exhibition
nt the ofilco of the board and contractors aril
Invited to bid on the samo. The bids will bo
opened on next Tuesday.
A BBTTLEMKNT AT IA8T.
Mrs. Nrlllo McNntnnra Turns Orel i
910,000 , In Hcnl Kstnte.
Mrs. Nolllo McNnmnni , accompanied \ > y
her maid , put In nn appearance nt the county
court yesterday afternoon for the purpose ol >
making llnnl preparations for Iho settlement
of claims against the estate of her deceased /
husband and surrendering as executrix In
favor of Lawyer W. W. Koysor. Attorney
Eller looked after Mrs. McNaumni's Inter- ' > S
otfs , nnd submitted the following In addition b
tntho accounting mndo by his client soma
days ago nnd which was printed In the Hsu :
In the matter of the estate of Mathew A.
McNnmara deceased , Kllon McNnmarn , exe
cutrix of the last- will and testament ol
Mathew A McNnmara , deceased , hertiwlth
submits u further rcoitwnleh | she asks to
bo mallo n part of her llnnl account Illed in
this court March 1 , 18S8. She has found
\oueliers showing payments that she has
made on account of said cstalo which entitles
her to a further credit iu the mutter of H set-
tlcmcnt of her account.
Then folloxvs n tabulated statement of the
now credits amounting in all to the sum ot
Continuing the respondent says : I fur
ther state that at the time of filing my report
March 11 wns troubled to Ilnd the voucher *
herewith transmitted. I further state that
the Item of credit claimed by mo In my report -
port Illed March 1 by voucher No. 17 for W
was a mistake and should bo taken from my
credit. Hy having my statement so con. *
iiected , iimj placing to my credit In the report
the sum for which vouchers nro herewith .s
mod , accounting for all the money and pro ] ) . ! i
crty received by mo on nccount of said cs '
tnto. and accounting for all the rents nud . , '
profits of tlio real estate ; there is in my favo ( i
the sum off 1,207.04.
The personal property belonging to sold , ,
estate , will pay but n small amount of the In'i ' * '
ilebtcdness of the estate nnd some part of tha ffi
real estate will bo sold to pay the Indebted
ness of the estate. <
I do not ask that the court shall And that
the estate Is Indebted to mo in the sum
of $ l..i > ( .04 , or uny sum whatever , nnd
do not present my it-port In the nature of a
claim as against the estate for any sum what.
over. I ask only of the court thatmyaocounl
as administratrix of said estate shall bo set-
tied and allowed in such manner that tkoM
will bo no claim on the part of the cstnta
ngaiust uio or my bondsmen as such ndmlnls-
tn-Jtr.i' - , . , , EU.MX MoNAMAUA.
William W. Koysor/tho now administrator ,
then took exceptions to Urn final rejwrt ol
Mrs. McNnmnra us follows :
That there is no report of Senate saloon
accounts collected by said executrix ; that
there is no nccount of interest collected notes
in cash receipts ; that all accounts evidenced
by vouchers bearing numbers were never
proved and allowed by this court according
to law , and especial exception is taken to
voucher 3 as not being a part of funeral ex
penses , and to voucher No. 7 , both bolng
claims of fceiicrnl creditors ; nud also W
voucher No. 1 , as It contains account * of
$115.50 cash had nnd used by sold executrix ,
nnd f 158.a > , moneys expended for her own
personal business , and also * 10 which up.
l ears to bo for her personal affairs ; and also
to Scnuto account voucher for $50
as being Indefinite and not show
ing for what expended ; nnd also
to vouchers 25 nnd 20 as being general credi
tors claims ; and also to No. JJ7as Indefinite
and not showing for what is expected ; nnd
also to No. US as containing $170 of said exe
cutrix personal cstoto ; that the allowance
claimed for support of the family is excessive
nnd unwarranted bv the circumstances of the
estate ; that the account of rents received is
Incorrect nnd is about $150 loss than the
? .m , ° Hn.Krn.9luaUy collected ; that vouchers
" " " ' " ' ' "
"M , "N "O' and "H do not show for
what said moneys were expended ; that the
amount of water rates reported paid are
greatly In excess of the amount actually"
paid.After
After the taking of the testimony of a few
witnesses Judge Shields and the lawyers had
a consultation with Mrs. McNamara which
resulted iu her deeding over a lot owned by
herself worth ? 10,000 to bo sold , the proceeds
to bo used for the liquidation of all debts and
claims against the estate.
Hunting For A Lost Daughter.
Mrs. Mary Brown , of Fremont county ,
Iowa , Is In the city , looking for her daughter
Katie , a girl of about fourteen , rather largo
and heavy-set for her ngc , of brown eyes nnd
short black hair. Mrs. lirown Is a widow
nnd had allowed her daughter to go to work
nt Chris Plumcr's , a farmer near Mlueola , a
few weeks ago. Wishing to have her girl
back with her again she went to Plumcr's n
few days ago and asked for her. The Plu-
mcrs said she had gene to Council Uluffs , but
gave no further information in regard to hor.
The girl had ridden to that city with the
hired man to make a few purchases , and ho
had como back without her. Mrs. Drowu has
been hunting Council Uluffs over for her
daughter , nnd falling to ilnd her came to
Omaha. If also unsuccessful hero she savs
she will swear out a warrant for the arrest
of Plumer and his hired hand. The mother
IS greatly distressed over the affair.
Tno girl referred to Is undoubtedly the one
mentioned In tha South Omaha notes pub
lished in the BEE a few days ago. At that
time she was in the care of Messrs. Christ &
Lowry , of the Uclmoulco hotel , where she
had been placed by the conductor of u Coun
cil 15luffs dummy. She had apparently
neither money or friends , but claimed to bu
looking for an uncle , and as ho did not appear ,
Marshal McCrackon took up her cnso and
secured her a situation with n family named
Gorman , residing not far from the city. Her
story nt the time wns that Mrs. I'lummor ,
her former mistress , had sent her to town In
care of a hired man named Julio , but that for
some reason unknown to her , ho had driven
off nnd left her nlono Iu the street. Doing a
stranger in the Bluffs , and thinking she had
an undo iu Omaha , she appealed to thu
station agent , who furnished her with trans.
porUtion across the river. Mrs. Drown can
no doubt Ilnd her daughter by applying to thq
city marshal of South Omaha.
Frank Crow In Trouble.
It Is reported thnt Frank Crow , a welj
known and disreputable character hero ana
for some time bartender for Ous Shultz , hai
been arrested for highway robbery in ICimsx (
City. Frank was the cause of considerably
trouble to tin- police hero , and this is not tlu
llr.st time be has been behind the bars.
On Saturday , March 10 , L. O. JONES , Amer
ican Clothier , will sell 500 Men's New Spring
Suits , made from all wool cassimeres and wor
steds , all colors and stylish patterns , Coats
either sack or four-button cutaway. . Not a suit
in the line with a particle of shoddy in it , and not
a suit worth less than $8.00. Many of them
are worth $1Q.OO and. $12.00. The special price'
on the entire line for Saturday will be $6.00 a
suit , and those coming 'early will have the best ,
selection of styles and sizes. Jones always
does exactly as he advertises , and Jones'
special sales'always draw a crowd. Heed the
warning and come early.
1309 . FARNAM * * > ST.