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* t OMAHA DAILY'BEB ; . MONDAY , MARCH 10 , 1888. . THE DAILY BEE , rUULlSIIED JJVEUY MOHNINQ. TKHMS OP SOnSCUltilOK. ( Morning Edition ) IncludlnffBundft ? . . IW f For 81x Month * . KorThrcoMontln . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W The Omaha Sunday UEK > mulled to nny oil- drcMOno Year . W OMAHA OrrtCF. . KOMIUWDOIB KMnx AM BtnKit * . NSW VonicOPFiCTSi HnoMS II AND iftXnmimis IlUII.niNO. WASHINGTON OmCE , NO. 613 FOUIUTEKNTII BTHEET. * _ _ _ BM COHUK8PONDENCK. All communication- ! relating to news and edi torial matter should bo ndilrowtd to the Kniton , . , , All Tnislnciii letters ami remittances should uo ndilrpssed to Tim lims I'unusiiiNO COMPAMV , OMAHA. Drafts , chocks and postonico orders to 1)8 nmUo payable to the order ot the company. The Bcc PpWiSWirtuany , Proprietors E. ROSEWATEty , Editor. T1IK DAILY JBEK. Sworn Stntcnicnt oCCirculation. Blnte of NOlirasVa , I CountyutUotiRlnMi , ( B < ' , _ , Oco. 11. TzRclmclcsecretary ot The nco Pub lishing conipoiiy , OOCH solemnlykB oar ( hat tllo nctunlclrcuUUoh of the Dally Ileo for the week ending Mnrcli Id , 1&8S. wasasfolkwsi BatUrffny.MnrrhlO 20,215 Hnnday. Starch 11 1MW Monrtny , March J8 18.8T5 nie-Mlay.MnvcliW. JO.gti 10.000 Wednesday. March 14 Thursday. March 1C . Friday , March 10 .SQ.iiij Average 50.018 OKO. n.TZSCIIUOK. , Sworn to and subscribed In my proscmcd this ithdayotJiarchA.D.,1888. N.r.FKlU Notary Public. Btate of Nebraska , I r8' " ' Cotmty6tJoUKlass , GOOJ B. TzschucK , being first duly sworn , do- poies and nays that ho 1 % secretary of The llao publishing tompany , that tlm actual avcraso dhlly circulation of tno Dally Ileo for the month of March. 18871 14,400 copies ; for April , ] 887j 14,310 coploi ; for May ; 1BS7 , USX ! copies ; for Juno , 1R87 , 14,147 copies ; for July , 18T7 , 14i ( copies ; for Aupust. 18H7 , ll.lfil copies ; for September , 1B87 , 14,341) ) TZSCIIUCK. Bworn nnil subscribed to In my presence this 3d dny ot February , A. D.18B8. . N.r. FEII * Notary Public. MEXICO needs a good "spanking , but Uncle Sum will itot tuko the trouble to doit. HAS , it. como to pass that the board of public works is going to split on a gu- ioii of , tar and tlio size of a broken stone ? TIIEIIE are still agood , many tax-cat ers at the city crib who never would bo missed if they wore struck from the city . " * " , ! > \ payroll. Wiusnu did all those follows who , wcro introduced by Toastnms cr Thurs- ton as honorables , get their1 lionorabl'o jug-handles ? GENBIUL B puAy riow , claims to have written Grant's memoirs , and proposes , to sup Mrs. Grant fpr $35,00f ) . The authorship of ' 'Breadwinners' ' ' tyijl soon bo determined. THE .government chormst'analyzed ! 'a brand of lard stamped "Anchor Lard" and'found , that it ccmtiunQd 17.4porcont qcjiif ofi water. The "anchpr" p art of it probably kqpb thp , lard froii } floating away , BALTDIQUIC has 'just ' * bqhtonced > twp of her municipal olpptiqu judges who &mporcdwilh. , thp returns. Th.is reads i as a , matter of news , but it also hasp moral bohipddt which election judges W.1U bo , sure to paste in their hatst Tirp nqw Cjiinpso lj-paty"bndj } this country tp pay , $27OOQ 'in , fujjsetfle- n pi\t of all claims agaiiisV the United. States for loss and injury suJTercsd by Chinanuj hero. ' On tfya basis'of.palcu- lalioi ) a Chinaman , after all , is a valu- Hblq citlzoq. SOME ' people i ever Icnov ; l ow to Iqt % Xp 'anouef& alono. Jailor IlllQidooa not , Boom to bo sutisllcd 'itU , having boon reinstated , but ho is now foinonting ' . inajtlng liim promYscu- ut trqub'lo and. qlf , - : ous by meddling , with tlio defouso qf porsous charged with crimo. VBNNOU , Wiggins and Tico have all como and gpno. But wo will not re main without weather prophets for all that. Prof , nicks , of St. Louis , pre dicts a perfect succession o [ tornadoes , cyclones and thunderstorms during the year. WQ shall see what wo shall beov Mr. Hicks may bp thp seventh sop of the spvontji daughter , or ho may bo only an ordinary weather cock whp cro\ys loudly ou his own dunghill * WHILE the Fronph government ob jects to buying American pork , no prej udice hinders that pcoplo from eating our beef. At all events 150,000 , head of cuttle will bo shipped annually to sup ply the army and glvp French eoldiprs the brawn and muscle needed to stand MP ngainst JSormany. As the cattle como , from tho. nuichus qf the west , this demand materially aids iu stimulating the beef industry. Vivo la Francol Tina is the way the clerk of thp wco.tlcr } in Now York city 9xplains the recent blu/.ard : Ono stprm started in the wcstoni luljo region and moved ulowly to the eastward and souVlM\ard. Thq other began in Georgia and made its way to the northeast , as is proper for nil well behaved storms. Moreover thp Georgia storm had the right of way , but tie ] Ycstorn btorm mooting it off Capp Jlatleras wouldn't give in. So a pitched hatUp was ( ought. To thp glory of th ? west , the bll zavd fropx Dakota com- pjqtply paralyzed the Georgia yanderor m > d easily did it with ono hand tied tp Its back. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ THE democratic situation in Indiana Is becoming intorosting.'Q.'homovement t < j push forwqrq Governor Gray for the Depend place on the national democratic ticket , reported to bo favored in admiu- iRlrallon circles , has urouse4 the hostil ity of the Yoorhoos and McDonald wings of thp party iu Indiana , und it is said they will make a vigorous fight nguinst Gray , It is boldly proclaimed that , if the friends , of Governor pray in- blst upon pressing him ns a candidate _ for the yica presidency there will be disclosures made that cuuuot full to be disastrous to his chances. Indiana dem ocracy has bopi ) for sonio tium in a elate \ o [ vui-puloncp , and tbe indications are ' that Uns will bo 'intensified. . ItppublL- \ caps can regard this , outlook With en- V lire cheerfulness. | Ilo Doth Protest Too Blacti. "I find that ono newspaper has charged. the Chlcagot BUrltagtonA Qtilnpy wiln. brfhlng me , and ith my taking lh t bribe. It has also been said that the Union Pacific has n tnortgngo on mo. Now I will say to every body connected with newspapers that what ever they may say will hnvo no influence at nil on mo. What I do is from tllo standpoint ot my official duties. I do not nsk any office , nnd 1 don't want oven the office I now hold. " This preamble to Judge Dundy's de cision In the Burlington injunction case must challenge universal attention. The courj. records of this or any other country will bo searched In vain for a parallel where a judge has over at- tcmptqd to exonerate himself from the bench for n decision which ho is about to render. The torso French adage , "He whp excuses himself , accuses himself , " ap plies forcibly to Judge Dundy , The honorable judge makps an accu sation ag-ainet himself which no/body / else has made. Ho puts up a straw man and knocks him down. No paper has charged the Chicago , Burllngtorf & Quincy with bribing the judge nnd his tailing that bribe. No paper has as sorted that the Union. Pacific has a mortgage on Judge Dundy unless the strictures on his pronounced loaning in the direction of the railroads could bo so construed. What a pitiable spec tacle Iho judge presents before the whole country when ho Invents crim inal charges against himself and winds up with n declaration that ho does not want the ofllco , which ho now holds. Evqry school-boy in the land knows thnt nobody can bo compelled to hold on to an ofhco which ho docs not wish to fill. The national supreme bench , from Chief Justice Waite down to Justice Lamar , could stop down in a body if they so desired. If Judge Dundy's preamble challenges public attention , the fulsome nnd fool hardy eulogy ot the paper which has a monopoly on the official patronage of his court , invites and compels criticism. This fool friend ot his honor takes the preamble and Burlington injunction as its text and slops clean over when ItBaj s : No man stands , higher , mentally and mor ally than ho In the federal Judiciary of tlJo west. There has always ibceu a curious at traction in his court. Thoio is u freshness , and a humanity , and a rugged keen eonso of right in his opinions'.whlch attract those nc- cuslomcfl to tliOj conventional delivery of conventional tedium. Ho is a deep student in many respects. Ho is a fearless judge in nil rdspccts. Ho Is beyond fedr nnd 'beyond ' favor , and ills -warm a'ssYrtiofPtha ? ho would sacrifice the ofllco which ho holds rathcr han tlio rcspecMor the law which entitles him to the ofllco , need not have been said. No ono over dreamed that the , judge was a coward. His integrity never needed vindication. It is as clean and , 09 strong nsa , wave-washed , rock. * * ' * * ' * * The sot Jaw which is so familiar , in his court camqdcnvn with i s old dccisjW , and , hcjfiiccd the delicate issi o with his magnificent moral courage. But h 3 kindliness. w..is' there also. Ho taught con- spiraoy'to knp 'v.itfelf and also how to avoid " ' the jungle" into which its feet might bo ' ' ' r * tapgled' This is , beautifully written and would bo interesting ! it were only true. There/is ig'dced a freshness manifest in this fluttprqig. portrait o the judge ' which , dxhlblts' rnuphjgnpranco as It does sublime chock' . There is , no cari cature abqijt "thq familiar set jaw'bijt hero thq realism of. the HJcenps's comqs tqan ab.r up 'end. High moraf qualities , ani _ bo.yo.nd favqr , * indcqdl Integrity that novqr has naqdod vinilicatipn ! Shades pftho iamontqd Judgq Hulll Mora ) , stamina and no favors in a court , whore favorit ism has .been qffens v.q and often has bordered on scandal. Unblemished integrity in the face of the Brass-band Smith pprformancp which made honest business men in Omaha blush with eljame , and created the most intense indignation in the whole state. The judge and his foolhardy champion protest altogether too much. A judge who goes out , hunting and junketing in railroad p'alaco cars , and dines and wine3 witli railroad managers and attorneys may bo endowed with a high moral sense and spottless integrity , but if ho has any gratitude in liis raako-up hoyill rcpiprqcatq favors , . Whatever faults. Judge Dundy may have , ho always has boon a staunch friend and an intense hater. His par tiality to attorneys who are his personal friends has been as notorious as has been his tendency to befriend the cor porations who have bestowed special favors upon him. Dempuraoy qnfL Labor. The indifference shown by the domq- cratic majority in the house of repre sentatives to the demands of the labor 'interest for legislation , or nt least for the privilege of makingknpwn their dq- sircs , is not a now oxprcsssion of demq- cratio unconcern for this interest. Thp same spirit was manifested in the la t congress. Then the committee on labor mot with the samq sort of obstruction that it is npw encountering , and only in the closing days of the session succeeded in obtaining any attention for the nic ; - uro it had to prpppso. The result was that very little of the labor legislation sought was enacted , and mi important part of this failed to become law because - cause the president could , not reach it in time or did not care to. The committee oi | legislation qf the Knights of Labor , \yhioh remained in Washing ton during the lns.t congress to promote such moasurps a j labor desired , was very pronounced , in its report in con demning thq democratic majority , ot thp house for the manner in which they had disregarded the appeals of tlo ) labor in terest nnd the cougequont trifling results in behalf of labor. The present congress will probably dp no better. It might bo supposed that with a presidential election to takp place this year the democrats would bo anxious to show the labor of the country that they are in full sympathy with its wants and wishes , and would endeavor to make a , record upon which they coul4 with a degree of fairness and plaus ibility ask the support of thp labor vptq , They certainly have no just claim to it now , and it la hardly tp be supposed that they are blind to its importance. But they are still heed less of its appeal fur. a hearing. The clmiriiwu of the labor cpmmitteo of the house has vainly tried to spcuvo utton- tion for measures } io haj ready to sub mit. The lopublicaus have given him tholr united help In his efforts to have days spt apart for the consideration of IjlHs proposing legislation- bohall ot labor , hut the democratic vote being solidly against him his efforts thus far liavo failed. Ho will doubtless continue to urge his cause , as ho did up to the last day of the session of thq last cpn- jress , nnd very likely with no bettor re sults. The indications are that labor will receive no more consideration from the fiftieth congress than it got from the forty-ninth. Yet the democratic party will In the national campaign unblushlngly ask the labor of the country to support it , and many thousands iu the ranks of labor , with utter blindness to their interests , will do so. The dgmqcratlo party goes ou from year tq year disregarding the claims and the wishes of labor , and still counts on Us side In every election a large vote of this element. It is not creditable to the intelligence nnd dis cernment of the laboring class that sueji is the fact , and it would scorn that work ing men , who road and roiloct would by this. time have boqomo con vinced that their cause has noth ing to expect from the demo cratic party. It ought to bo apparent to them that the men who are now in control of that party cannot bring thoin- solvcs Into sympathy with labor. Their education nnd the traditions that con trol tholr views nnd conduct do not load them In that direction. Democratic professions ot concern for the causa of labor have always boon found wanting in sincerity when put to the test , and no\V evidence of this is soon in the course , ot the democratic mojority pf the present congress with respect to the demand for a hearing of measures in tho. interest of labor. They Cannot Alton ! to Do It. Republicans in congress , cannot af ford to give any support to the tariff bifl of Mr. Hundall. Their safe course is to. have nothing to do , with it. Ulld ° ub | ; " edly its author expected to secure some republican aid , but in this he should bo disappointed. As wo have heretofore said the republicans hayojio concern in the democratic , quarrel , and are not called upon by any considerations to give aid and comfort to either of the factious. Lot them fight out their quarrel in their own way. But republicans cannot afford tosup- port the Randall bill , as it is "reported sbmo of them are disposed to do , because - cause it is a measure tha't'would p'orpq- tuato monopoly and stand ns a bulwark to the trust and combi nations to control tho. products of the country and arbitrarily regulate the priqps of mqst leading commodities , it proposes no reform in the fiscal policy _ of the government that would give the peoplq thpVqliei thpy desire from op- ' ' ' ' pre'gsivo'tariff'taxation , 'it would not enable the farmer or workingman to , * Tt- . ' , inj _ 4 i i ii i - * 4 * j * obtain ono qunco qr ono inch more fqr " his Qollar , than ho now geis. It would reduce the revenue of , the. government withqut giving an equivalent beiip.flt io ' ' the people. The' trusts and combipa- tibns woul'd bo allowed to gg on making ' ' their ' oxactlq'ns and plun'dorlpg thq ' Pjop- plo 'withqu ! > the least restraint or'obsta cle. It cannot bp shown that apy of the nopqssarips qf lifo wou.Jd b'o reduced in ppico to the con- sjimpr , Bunder thq" operation of * Ran- i chill's nieasure. It does not contemplate and would not give any benefits to tbo ! people. ' Dcsplt'o tho'pretonse that it is based on sound c'conbmic 'principles , which if so would equitably distribute ' the advaptagqs. , itls'plain that It would make stronger the oppressive system of ' ' ' which' i , 'majority of'the pcoplo now complain. Ropubjicqn repre pntatives in cou- grcs'a cannotaffordtogobefgrotho coun try in this presidential year as having favored any such onq-sidcd scheme of so-called rovqnuo reform. If they can- nqt harmonize upqn u measure of tariff revision that will como nearer than this to what the people expect , and to what is demandqd in their interest and for the public wel fare , it will bo bettor for them to leave the subject entirely to democratic treatment and let that party bear the full responsibility of failure to give the country the needed reform. If the re publicans , however , shall not succeed in uniting on a fair and just tariff measure that would commend itself to the intelligent judgment of the coun try they will lot pass a great oppor tunity. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ THE misunderstanding between our government and Motocco , by reason of the seizure and imprispnmont in the latter country of a person who claims American citizenship , is not expected to have any serious consequences , but it may result in diminishing American prestige in that quarter of the world. The appearance at Tangier of the allcgpd war-steamer Enterprise , pre sumably to enforce a recognition qf American rights , is morp likely to cj'o- ate amusement than apprehension , and when the governmentqf Morocco learns , if it docs nqt already know , that this great government has nqthing morp formidable to send , the sultan will not only rest easy , but \yill very likely takp his own time to consider whether it is desirable to surrender his prisoner. If Tangier is not as defenseless as most American soncoost cities her people may feel entirely secure. Thorp is a question involved in this affair , however , which requires to bo settled , and that , is as to how far this govern ment sjiould go in sustaining the pro- toga business of American consuls , . There should bo no limit .to the efforts of the government to protect its citi zens ii ) foreign lands who may require protection , but the extent tp which it should exert itself in behalf of persons who are merely under con'sular guardi anship needs to bo daiinitoly deter mined.Thp settlement of the difficulty with Morocco may lead to this result. TimBiitlsh house of lords must go. The day is not far off when hereditary peerage giving a man the right to eit in the upper chamber of legislation will bo abolishpd , So fur as the liberal vote is concerned , the house pf coramous is al most u unit in bringing about thi ? re form. Gladstone , John Bright and La- bouchoro havp from time to time sot their seal on.bo . movement. But that ono of the most conspicuous mom.- of Uio house of lords should vring forward /echomo ot reform 19 highly significant. Lord Dun- rnvcn's proposition Is radical and com prehensive. lUs measure proposes th t l > Qbrs shall ha eligible fOr olecUoa to the house ol commons on withdrawing from the lords. | q would limit the number constituting the latter assembly und tlmt oiio-third oi the now logisla- tlv.o peers shall IKJ appointed by the crown , ono-thlrd'by the present , peers and one-third by/.tho proposed now county boards. iWJiat action parlia ment will take on. the matter will bo watched with great interest. ! Riruni > iCA S who arc watching the preliminary Bklrmish of the national campaign will read with interest the exhaustive review of the presidential preferences and political outlook which wo print iu our telegraphic columns. While only five states are covered by the canvassers , the prevailing opinions in these are a fair index of the general sentiment of the country. The situa tion In Nebraska ip very much , like that reported in Minnesota. The ma jority of the people of this state are farmers ( and they "aro most emphatic ally in favor of a revision of the tariff. IN the controversy over paving speci fications the board of public works should not lose sight of the main ques tion in which taxpayprs are Interested. Our paving contractors should bo hold strictly to their obligations. Nobody should bo employed as paving inspec tor who is not kno\v to bo component or whoso integrity is not above suspicion. While this city can truthfully boast | ot being the best paved city west of Chicago , wo cannot overlook the fact that some of our pavements ave wretchedly laid and will soon have to bo replaced. STATK AND TLJHIfITOHV. Nebraska Jottings. Auburn has secured a button factory. Beatrice is feeling for a sowing ma chine factory. -1 Arcadia has a national bank with a capital Of $50,000. A creamery company has been organ ized at.Lpup City7 lied Cloud Is agitating a $30,000 court house for Webster county. Falls City is already passing around the hat fbr a Fourth of July fund. Arapahoe has a board of trade in operation , with George W' Calvin at the holm. TWC.IVO misfit marriage suils are piniic'd to the courthouse lines in Ne braska City. " ? ' Havipg anchored the capital ot Grco- loy county , Sqptia is nq v roachjng out , for a cannery , aud tflhor prqlitab'lo ' * in dustries. ' ' jfv' 'CYete is skurryjng along the joyless road' t'6 greatness' with' iWo' juvenile bands guarding her rear. To retreat now me.ans.de.ath. t' ' , ' ' Thq'Co'lumb.us Journal affirms a wcll- knovp. fact'by declaring tha't 'tho Lin- icolu Journal is tho. subsidlzed-'mouth- pipqq qf ' tbo B. & M , f\ J The ' 'Bqhoraiaq oats" swindlers are sajd tp be bporatiugjiii thp state * , ' A number twelve hgot qc. a hungry bull dog will talio thciiMueasure , If promptly . ' applied. i The slaughter ottaglpss dogs is going ' qn in Beatrice , and tljo.'nivtives callqd qri tliq sfrqetsby pressingdutips wear sheet- iron underclpthes as a protection 'from stray bullets. Thq Coiumbua , Journal ia , forgiven. Its St. Patrick's cdit'ion in national colors cqvers multitude ! of political sins. * The Journal is'a blooming daisy in " all ' soasojig. The. questioaof licensq or qp liqpnsp , whether the corking of tlio groggrics ' wouKTgivo'the town pump a cljancp to recp'vor its prestige , opens up thq spring " campaign in Friend. The North Bend llail has raised S106 for a mqhumcnt to the Westphalqn orphans. The BKE has raiso'd an qquul amount. Both together will secure a lasting memorial to Dodge county's martyrs in the bli7zard of January. The board of trade of McCook has Bent a loud and lengthy document to tlo ( Burlington officials declaring unwaver ing iidelity to the B. & M The town is anxious to pose as the junk shop of en gine blacksmiths. The White Cross Lenguo and the In dependent of Grand island are in the thick of a battle , in which jaw is tlio principal weapon. At last account- ? the combatants maintained a respectful dis tance with no prospect pf an qarly fun eral. Senator Sam Walbach , of Grand Island , is being boomed by friends for the democratic nomination for congress in the Third district. Mr. Wnlbach is too good a man to dush his holies on a rocky republican majority. Ho deserves a better fato. The jury fixers of Gage county will bo thoioughly salted before Judge Brady gets through with them. The cruelest cut of all was to chop down Wymcro's Greenwood , with a big cele bration coming on. Church IIowo has been rewarded with the vice presidency of the Missouri Pa cific extension to Ilnslings. Ills pro motion is a rather late reward for his services , and makes up , in part , for the stingb and arrowH of outraged constitu ents. General Vn.n Wyck is humping along1 ns a vice presidential candidate. With the support of the Nebiaska City Press , the Wymoro Reporter" and the Wayne Herald lie will storn\ the citadel of re publicanism in Chicago next Juno. SUyid from under. Engine 03 , sajd to b'o ' one of the best engines on the Burlington road , has been hauled into the PlnUsinquth shops , completely burned 'but. Tie ) engine died in the hands of a bcub near South Bond for want , of water. Itjs a miracle that he was not bjown aloft. A fool for luck. 7 Tlio commissioners * of Dodge have blown in $ HOO in a fruitless chnso for the firebug who put the tpich to the nest of cockroaches , m Fremont. Tlio alleged detectives trucked , yith consummate skill , the appropriation into the treas ury nd clung to it tII | , the last cent , di- appeared , Mr. Koyser , a prominent citizen of Nebraska City , is believed to have joined the colony ot crooks in Canada. Mr , Koysor was president , cashier and general manager of a private bank , and took care of the surplus funds of his friends and it with him to provide incidentals on the trip. The depositors losses , us fur as known , amount to $0QOO. The Hon. Cowbill Owen is no slaugh on his pins. Ho is a Nebraska product and proved a oyclono in disguise , much ' to the sorrow o'f the sports at the Chicago cage btook yards. When Bill hoard the boafats of a loc-.il sprinter , ho simply 10- murkcd that lie could run a little bit himself. The Chicagoans thought they had u pronounced Jay in towund laid fof his pile. But 13111 und hib friends scooped in 8500 netand left his opponent , in a dash of 100 yards BO neatly In the roar that the dust of his brogans fanned thp Chiccgoan to sleep. "Those fifty foot enow drifts down east , " remarked mi old resident after reading the dispatches frohi Pennsyl vania , "are pretty tall for the country , but they are ordinary and trilling com pared with those of the early days. Back in ' 61-5 , when Omaha was only the landing of a ferry boat , wo had a. win- tor. There weren't any drifts , but solid snow. It filled the valley from the Iowa bluffs on a dead level to the high school hill. I freighted between St. Joe and Council Bluffs those days and many a time I dropped through the roof of descried dobles. When the April rfoo of the Missouri came down wo had to blast a path through the euow bank to let the water run out. " Dnkotn. The painters of Sioux Falls are on a strike. Mandnn'has ' sent a carload of flour to the Now York bllziurd suftorors. Dcadwood has subscribed &J2.000 toward the erection of reduction works. A syndicate has been formed at Load City for the purpose of locating and de veloping oil grounds. The Plorro Bridge company has or ganized with a capital of $30,000. The object is to construct , maintain and operate a pontoon bridge between Pierre and Fort Pierre for the crossing of teams and foot passengers. Work upon it will begin as soon as the ice moves out. He public mi Stnto Convention. The republican clcctora of the state of Nebraska are requested to send delegates from the several counties , to meet in con vention , at the city of Omaha , Tuesday May 15,18SS , at 8 o'clock p. m. , for the purpose of electing four delegates to the national repub lican convention , which ineoU hi Chicago Juno 19 , 18S8.TIIC TIIC ArrOUTlONMGNT. The several counties ore enlitlcd to repre sentation ns follows , being based upon the vote cast for Hon. Samuel'Maxwell , supreme Jiidgo , ill 1887 , giving one dclcgato-at-largo to each county , nnd ono for each 150 votes and mhjpr fraction thereof ! ' coujjtins. VOTES.I COUNTIES. VOTES. Adams 141 Jefferson " . . . 0 Antelope 9 Johnson 8 Aithur lIKcaniov 8 Jilainc 2Koya , Paha 5 Boone 8 Keith - BoxButto 4'lvnox ' 7 Brown. * . O.'Eancastcr 23 Buffalo 14LfncOln 8 Butler 9Ugnn 2 Burt OLoup 3 Cess 1C Madison 8 Cedar. 5MoPhcrson 1 Chase 5Mcrriclc 7 Cherry 5 Naucu B Cheyenne U Ncmahn 9 Clay. ' . 11 Nuclrolls 0 Colfar 7Otoo..i 13 Cumlng. , Pawnee 8 Custcr 17 Perkins - Dakota 5 Plcrc6 4 Dawcs" 7 Polk 0 Dawson SPlatto Id Dlxon. . . . , GPholpS 7 Dodge , 11 Richardson 13 D&URlds 37 Uba "Willow 7 DUnUy. 4 Salted. . . 13 'Eillmoro.lOSarpy 5 Franklin 7Saundtrs 13 Frontier 10 Seward 10 Kurnas GShqrJdan 7 Gage . ' . 19 Shdrman Z. Garfleld 3SIdu\ . 3 GosHerGStaiiton 4 Grant 1 Thaycr 7' Grecloy. 4 Thomas 2 Hall 11 Valley. 0 Hamilton 10 Washington. 9 Harlan 8Wayno : 5 Hayes , 4 Waster 9 Hitchcock , CWheeler 3 Kbit.1.- 14 York. ; 11 Howard 7 Onof g. territory. . . . 1 Itls reqoinmqhdeii that np proxies * bo ud ; mlttcd to the convention , qxccpt such as aio hold by persons residing In the counties from the proxies arq Riven. < - 1 r ' GEOHQI ! D. MEIKLEJOH , WALT M. SKEI/C , Chairman. * ' ' * Secretary. THE GEOUGIA. WRECK. A IfcvlsQcl Iilst Slib-jvs Twenty-Three Killed'and Tlilrty-Four Wounded. SAVANNAH , Ga. , March 18. A revised lipt ot casualties in yesterday's accident near , Dlackshbar shows that , twenty-three wcro killed and Unity-four injured. Of thojattcr ten are * in a serious condition. All" the wounded are icceiving every attention. The trestle of the Hurricane rjvcr is about eight hundred fe'ot in length and the break includes four hundred feet at the west end , the tender nnd engine lodging against tho. abutment. The baccago car left the track on the trestle , which accounts for the acci dent. The ties show wnoro the truclcs 'cut deep ijito them. It was this car that careened the rear cars and by its strain diaggcd tho. tender down , the cngiifo having safely ciosscd over. Had it not been for the pics- once of mind ofEngmccr HIchard Welch a much more horrible fate would have been in stoio for the wounded. Hurriedly dispatch ing the engine with a fireman to IJlacUshpar , ho lan down to the wicck and with the as sistance of the poiter of tlio Pullman car extinguished the iirc which had broken out in the baggage car. JIAHDIjY liIVE. The Mnnnging Editor of the Denver ' Itcpiibllcnn" Very Jiow. DCXVEK , Cole , , Marph IS , | Special Tele gram to the UKE ] C. Pi 1C. Hayward , man aging editor of tlc ) Republican , who has been very ill for a week past with pneumonia and heart , disease took a sudden rclapgo this morning and at this hour it is fcarod ho can not Kjcovpr. Odd Follow * ) Organize. HOI.VOKE , Cole , , March 17. [ Corrcsppnd- cnco of the HUB 1 District D. D. G. M. Chailcs Grott , of Julcsburg , has instituted a lodge at this place , of Odd Follows , with the following ofilceis : N. G. , C. C. Washburn ; V , G. , J.S. Bryan ; II. S. . 13. A. Uoskins ; tic.isuicr , J. J\I. Cullis. A vciy pleasant time was reported , They toojc supper at the King hotel. They start with a membership of Bixtccu. Weather Indications. For Nebraska : Colder , ficsh to brisk noithcrly winds , fair weather. For lqw : Warmer , southerly winds , shifting to colder , fresh to brisk northerly , light rain or snow , , followed by fair weather , with cold wove. For Eastern and Sputhwcs.torn TJpkqta : Light local rains or snows , followed by colder , fair wcatljer , with light cold wove , frpsh northerly winds A light cold wave is , indicated for Minnesota seta and Dakota' The temperature wjll fall 16 = to.20 = bv Tuesday morn his. Attempted to Shoot Himself MAiirbViiiti ! , Kan. , March 18 [ Special Telegram totho DUE ] Alexander . Moscr , a cigar maker , attempted to commit suicide by shooting himself in the right'car. . The ball ghuiccd fracturing the bono back of the car. The ball was extracted and ho will probably recover , The I'Jnttf ) Breaking Uy nt Krcinnnt. rnr.5io.XT , I ob. , March 18. [ Special Tele- ( jraui to the Hue. ] The Plattoriveris bicaH- ing up ut this point to , day. The ice lias taken out three spans of. the wagon bridge and U running f i eely. More of the bildge may go out. The Fi einont , Eikhorn & Mia- souil Valley railroad bridge west of this city is threatened The company has a 91 cw of men on tto ground to protect it. Washout on ( lie Union I'acillo. Trains over the Union Pacific were several liouis lalo.yesterday o\\iuj ; tq a washout pf the ticsto | ne.ir : Fiempnt. The tiafiluof the lead waa transferred totho Ficmoiit , Utk- horn & , Missouri Valley. JUSTICE WITH THE BARK ON Interesting Reminiscences Sug gested By Bradford's Doatli. NEBRASKA'S FIRST MURDER CASE Ho\r n Jjc-filsliulvc Act Saved the Cul prit From the Gnllows A rntion Out Short IMo- nccr Ijnw i'rncttco. Territorial DnyB-Jlecnllca. NEDIUIKA City , Nob. , March 18. [ Cor respondence ot the URE. ] The death of Judge Alien A. Unidford , us announced in the DBE ot Friday , which occurred nt his late homo in Pueblo , Colo. , Mnrch in , recalls sonio most interesting reminiscences con nected with his early Hfo and the territorial history of Nebraska. ' Allen A. Hradford catno to Nebraska City In 1855 , and bccnmq nt once a prominent fig ure hi politics , wbilo practicing his profes sion as n lawyer. Ho wasa brother of Henry Utadford , Nebraska City's first . Bradford's ' however mayor. Judge reputation , - over , was made in 1S50 while acting ns coun sel in n murder case , the first that had occurred In the city. On April 23 , 1850 , 0110 Simpson Ilargus became involved in n quarrel with Uonjamln Lncoy , growing out of n species of "squatter sovereignty , " which resulted in Hargus shooting Lacey n cold-blooded and deliberate inuidcr.ns it was afterwards proven. Judqo Bradford was retained as attorney for llargub , who was immediately indicted , for the murder. See ing the hopelessness of the case , Bradford managed to secure a delay of the trial , and mcanwhllo became ) n candidate for a scat in the territorial council and was elected in 1850. In Juno , 1857 , ho introduced a bill , "to repeal certain nets of the territorial assembly of Nebraska , " and providing that certain parts of the criminal code of Iowa , and nn act relative to criminal laws previously apnrqvcdby the assembly bo repealed. Thobill vra" crowded through both houses , the vote m the council being 1'J to 1 Dr. George L. Miller , of Omaha , nloho opposing it. In the house the vote stood 24 to 3. Governor Izard , however , vetoed the bill , which was again cousldercd and passed over his 'veto , and the "act left Nebraska entirely without a criminal code. It was n hereto treatment by Bradford of a desperate case in behalf of his client at Nebraska City. Hargus was tried and finally sentenced to ten years' confine ment , but the cose was taken to the suprciuo court , which held that ho must bq discharged because , of the defect in thti laws. The bill that caused the trouble was intro duced about January 23 , 1850 , was passed soon utter aud was not righted until about October , 1853 , at a special session of tllo legislature , called by Governor TCichavdson for that purpose , and for eighteen months there was uo provision for the punishment of criminals in Nebraska except , by the rales of IJio'coininon law. IPivas undoubtedly the most extraordinary piece of legislation that ov'er tool ; placp in this , country. Simpson Hargus. the murderer , soon there after , removed to "Nov Mexico , and was lost track of until about a year ago , when news reached hero that ho died from burns re ceived while trying tp save his cabin from the Names friendless and in abject , poverty. Juduo BradfordUvas. born In Friendship. Mo , in" 1810 , and in 1841 emigrated to Mis- soiirl , locating in Atchison county , where lid studied law1 and"wis admitted to thd'Tidr in 1845. Ho was elected clerk of vho circuit court at Atchison in 1845 , which position1" ho hold flvo years. Ho was married in St. Jp- scph , Mo. , November 1 , 181' , ' , to Miss Emlltno Co > vcls , and lUs wife and son the issue of the marriage , ' sttrvlVQ him. ' In 1851 hq removed to Town and thofollowlng'ycacyasappolnted JudgoW th6 Sixth judicial district oVllitt state , which ofllco hcV6slgned in 1855 And ro- nibvcd to Nebraska City. Ho served In the territorial council from Otoo county hi 1850. ' 57 and ' 53. In. 1800 ho located In Central removed to Pueblo , : o of the , supreme - _ - . _ , . . , , , , ! 4 ho tvas elppted delegate to' congress Hhdsorycd two terms. rcturnii/g to Pueblo in 1871. whero.ho settled down to private life , and followed his profes sion. Ho was A remarkable man in many ; respects , His memory was ono of the most retentive over known , and his field of know.1- ' edge regarding public men and general his tory was simply inexhaustablo. . * An incident in ttiol'carccr of Judge Brad ford while occupyhig the bbnch in Coloraab , is related by his associate. Judge Kennedy , now ot Loadvllle. Court was held in a little frum shanty , on stilts , sot over a placer ; "I do not remember , " said Judge Kennedy , "what the caso'was , " but Jim Kavanaugh heaven rest his soul was indulging in one of Ills flrno flights of oratory , impressing , as ho thought , the court and carryingtho jury with uim. Ho was in the midst of his peroration when some one entered the ro.om and whis pered to the judge that the house was sink ing and that ho qad bq tpr qdjpurn court and proved ! a lianlc. The judge turned to the eloquent lawyer and said , in his peculidr squeaky vdico : 'Mr. Kuvanaugh , you. will please sit down. ' Jim slopped , looked aston ished and replied : 'May it please the court , I am just at that part of my argument when I think it necessary to continue , and cpncludo my spccph , as I hqvo commenced it , if the jury is to understand Its mciits and do mv client the justice that ho deserves. Ho then resumed. Mr. Kavanagh , j ou will please sit down I in the same squeaky voice but with cpn ider- nblo more emphasis than in the first instance. Kavanaugh turned red , spluttered a minute , and addiesscd the Judge with no little heat : I am not conscious , sir , that I have been guilty of any disrespect or contempt of the court that 1 should be trcatcn In this way. 'And I want you to undcistand , ' said Judge Biadford , with a strong emphasis on the per sonal ptonoun , 'tlmt this Isn't a qucstipn of politeness between the court and the attor- npiv , but this d d building is sinking clear to h-l and it is thno I was getting out of it' . " A Joit ! | Attack. DUHI.IX , Majch 18. At Diumllsb , County Longford , on Saturday night , a fight oc curred between two factions , numbering in all aboqt two hundrpd persons , most , of whop wfjro drunk. After fighting some timq the combatants mndo u jqint attack upon a public houe. The police forpp. consisting of ilyo men , tried to dispciso both factions ami diovo them toward the barracks. Thopo- lice foico fiicd six rounds of bucitshot. Injur ing many peisons , and retired to their bar racks , The stono-tluowiiig continued until Tli o I'opo FIUOTH Autonomy. LONDON , March IS. Aichbishop Ryan , of Philadelphia , is a passenger on the steamer Umbifa , which sailed fioni Liverpool yestcr- day lor New York , In an interview ho sald , the pope had. informed him hq fully sym pathized with tllq Irish in their dcslro fqr autonomy. imuao FUOM TUB oiiimctii A Wnlihnm Tlicologlcnl Fraud Bounced from Illn Fnstornto. WAI.THAM , Mass. , March 18. ( Special Telegram to the IKT. . ] LastJ.Tuno Kov. T. A. Whlttakor , who was n , member of the First Baptist church of this pi nco nnda grad uate of the Nowlon theological institution , was formally ordained to preach , nnd was to fill n pastorate in Dakota , Trouble nroso bo- twcen himself and wife , which led to his nr- rcnt by a party holding a mortgage on hit household goods , which , it was alleged , had been illegally shipped to Dakota. This was compromised , nnd ho and his wife started for Dakota , accompanied by their oldest child , about five years old , the baby being loft hi Wnltham with relatives. The wife soys that while in Chicago ho tried to got her to give htm the money the Walthnm church had pro- scntcd to her , nnd , on refusing , ho snatched It out of her hand and deserted her on the street. She finally pot to Minnesota , whcro nhojiad relatives , taking the child with her. They suffered from wont nnd exposure and she had to go nursing to earn food. After ward money wan sent her by relatives hero and mother nnd child returned to Wnlthum , where the baby died. Since then she has ob- taiucd work in a watch factory , but has boon seriously 111 with typhoid fever and was as- slstcd by friends. Whittnkor wont on to Da kota , sold the furniture , loft his pastorate nnd wandered about until ho reached Santa Clara. Cain , , whcro ho now has charge of n church. Several weeks ngo the wlfo made formal charges against lilm of extreme cruelty to his family and condnctunbccomlng a clirls. tian. The First Baptist church directed its standing couimltk'o to investigate the clinrgcs nnd word was sent to Her. Whit- taker for statements. Ho replied by letter , recently received , in which ho assumed a de fiant attitude and expressed indifference ns to what action the church might Inko. The standing committee listened to Mrs. Whlt- takcr nnd other witnesses nnd made n report nt a meeting of the church last evening that the charges wore picd nnd recommended Whlttahor'8 ' dlsml sal. The church then unanimously voted to exclude him from mem bership nnd notify the church council , by which ho wfls ordained , of their action and of the facts in the case. Kcokuk's Conscientious Mnyor. Dns MOINCS , In. , March 18. [ Special to the Br.n.1 "Governor" Irwin , of Kcokuk , as ho is called , has just issued a proclamation that isjqulto unique. Ho is the present mayor of that city , and ho hus como to the conclu sion that It is his duty to enforce the prohibi tory lu\v and close the saloons. Ho is not a prohibitionist , nnd n largo part of the popula tion of Kcokuk is opposed to prohibition , but ho says tliat.asan officer of the law ho can not stand upon his idea of what is the best method of securing temperance , but must ex ecute the law ns ho finds it upon the statute books. Ho was elected mayor year ago , aud so far has permitted the saloons to exist under a sort of protection. The city licenses them to * sell drinks not prohibited by law , and then if the license fees arc promptly paid , dues not disturb them if they sell liquors that are forbidden. The city thus practically acceptsji bribe to close its ojcs to violation of the hiw. Mr. Irwln is a very conscientious man , and ho says that after thinking about the matter for some thno he concludes that his duty icqulres him to enforce the law. So ho makps'proclama tlpn that every saloon In the city must close on nnd after May I , Ho fixes thai da to so as to give time for nil licenses that have been paid foe to expire aud to allow the saloon- kccpois a chance to dispose of their stock. His proclamation has created consternation in.'thosnlqonlECcpcn > ' camp , hutnublio sonti- nfcnt gpnoraly | indorses him and com mends him for doing what ho thinks Is right. His conscientiousness was well illustrated n few years' ago. " Ho'was appointed governor of Idaho by President Arthur. But' his busi ness at homo prevented him from giving much attention tohis , position as governor and hd was away from the territory , most of the time. * So 'after"holding thq office for a few indnths , ho resigned ana turned ajl ot the kind ou record and the treasury officials wantcdtp nut thompucy into the "conscience fijnd1 Ho vigorously pretexted , and in- slstqd that it was not money that , had been ctnbczzlcd or stolen but was money to which , hC was legally entitled , although ho thought not morally cntitldd to'it. ' There was a good deal of red tape to overcome , but the consci entious joung politician carried his point finally and landed the money back in the Tlio lown Republican. Convention. Des MOIXES , la. , March 18. [ Special to ihp BEE. ] The republican state convention which meets hero next Monday will bo ono of the liveliest and most cnthusiastio over held in the state. There will bo about a thousand delegates , including the ationgcst and most Influential republicans of the state. It will bo an Allison convention without a word of dissent , and ho will bo presented to the nation In a way worthy of his distin guished fame and the grpat opportunity bo- fete him. In the evening thcro will bo n great ratification meeting an old-fashioned affair with some of the best speeches in the state to entertain the crowd. The republi cans of Iowa are not goingtobc. loft in getting a good start , as next Wednesday will reveal. This AVcelt of Con Kress. WASHINGTON , March 18. An attempt was made In the senate late Friday afteinoon , to determine upon the "order of business" for the coming week , but ppudlng a decisive re sult , the senate adjourned. Unough was said , however , to tuiirant the belief that the greater part of Monday and Tuesday will bo devoted to the consideration of private bills. On Wednesday Mr. Plott will try to bring forward nn enabling act for South Dakota. Senator Morrcll will take the first convenient oppoi tunity to call up fov action the house bill for the. investment of the treasmy sur plus In Roveuuiicnt bonds , and Senator Plumb will make an attempt duilng thowpok to get a hearing for the bill to foifcit un earned land grants. It is probable that the public lands bill will bo again called up In the house to-iwirrow , If that measure is not pressed , however , cer tain of the committees will be iciognl/pd to offer motions to puss bills under a suspension of the rule.- ) . The indications aio that the labpr committee will succeed in securing Tuesday or Wednesday for the consideration of Its bills. TIlO Illl7.21tll JU'llOlKlH I'llflH. PAIIIS , March 18. A Jtcavy'snow storm Is raging here. The stiects aie in a dangerous condition. THE JONES LADIES. The lady patrons of L. O. Jones , American Clothier , 1309 Farnam street , will undoubtedly be interested iq the following special bargains for Monday : In the children's department will be on sale 10O pairs Bpys' All Wool Pants , reg ular $1.OO grade at 74c ; 100 pairs Boys' Knee Pants , black and light check cottonade ai 13 cts ; 100 Boys' blueflannej Bailer suits , silk embroid'd $1.0O each ; 50 broken plaid brown mixed Sqits , plaited jackets , $1.98 , reduced from $3.00 ; 50 Boys' All Wool Cheviot and Cassirnere Spring Suits , neat patterns , regular $5 suits , on Mon day at $3.98. In furnishing goods department , Men's All Silk Brocade Handkerchiefs at 25c , worth 50c ; Boys' solid blue and red stripe Shirt Waists , 25c ; Boys' plaited Shirt Waists , full in- djgo colors. , 39c ; Boys' Flannelite Shirt Waists , laced front , French patterns , 98c.