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"WirL Cleveland decline i1" Will a
duck swim V
HASCALITY lias its representatives in
the board of education an well as in the
council.
Till ! nearer the time gets to Jake
Sharp's second trial , the sicker ho is
flaid to bo. Queer , isn't it ?
AN increase of over 3,000 school , chil
dren in the last year is a reliable test ol
Omaha's rapid and permanent growth.
As a sensational letter writer , Jaj
Gould is a howling success. Tho' there
is more howl than success in the screed
against Editor Bennett.
- . SCIENTISTS claim that natural gas
wfll ox tend itself in a few years all ovoi
fho United States. That is , providing
"tho democratic convention at St. Louis
does not use it all up in Juno.
IT takes sugar to catch flics. Balti
more Philadelphia and New York an
"bidding for Claus Sprcckle's sugar re
finery. Philadelphia ia willing U
; put $7,000,000 into the poor man's ham
cae a bonus if ho will locate the plan
there.
VIRGINIA and other easton
States are obliged to advertise their re
sources and advantages through glow
ing special editions of the newspapers
'This is necessary in order to keep thoii
people from emigrating in a body to tin
wide and prosperous west.
KANSAS CITY is now in the throes o
a city election in which the "machine1
and the people are pitted against eacl
other. Kansas City appears to bo ai
. - much of a ring-ridden city as manj
other western towns , and all on accoun
of the indifference of tho. respoctabh
"voter.
ACCIDENTS at the railroad crossings ir
this city are becoming altogether toe
frequent. The council should promptly
enact regulations that will compel rail
road companies to light every crossing
and keep watchmen on duty night uiu
day. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
IOWA legislators passed a law taxing
the Pullman cars in that state. But tin
Pullman company secured an injunc
tion from the United States court at St
Louis to prevent the executive counci
ol Iowa from assessing its property
Hero is an opportunity for the stall
legislature to protest against federal interference
torferonco with state rights. And lowi
has faith that the rights of the stall
can prevail in spite of the United State ;
court.
How much longer will HascaU's cats
paws in the school board hoop up tin
farce of introducing resolutions to demand
mand that the city shall pay back the
money contributed by the board of education
cation , through authority of the people
toward the construction of the city hall
Don't they know enough to know tha
there is no money in the city troasur ;
to pay thorny Don't they know that thi
money which they did pay was socurei
through u bpccial school tax levy , am
therefore was not taken out of any o
the funds sot apart for school purpohes
What object have they in playing til
can to the council bell-wether unless i
bo to got the board of education hit
legal complications.
Mit. ANDUKW CAUNKCHK is going t
try "profit sharing" in the regulatioi
ol wages of the stool workers at Brad
dock , Pa. The plan is based on
eliding scale. Mr , Carnegie suggest
that the workmen and firm each solec
frai accountant to examine the sales an
/eo what the selling price of the fin
) ins been for the past month , If it i
found that the price has increasedwagc
arc to bo advanced corresponding !
each month and vice versa. Th
Kcalo is to stand for one year. The ad
vantogo of this method for rogt
. Dialing the wages of factory and mil
v" " hands will bo fully demonstrated in Mi
Carnogio'a stool mill , If the pla
brings about a cordial relation botwoe
employer and employe anil an cquiti
tile division between profit and wagei
It will go far in solving the wages que :
tlon , A blidlng ecnlo is not the uni
versa ! remedy for the equitable distri
tuition of wages , but it may be success
Iul in fixing the rate ol tvugos fof fac
lory < * d mill hands. t
The Mlnor'fty Report.
The report of the republican minority
ot the ways and moans committee is n
nincli more elaborate discussion of the
LiirifT than the report of the majority.
[ t shows at IcrvHt that there is n great
deal that can bo said on both sides of the
question. Thcso reports , however ,
really only foreshadow what is to como
ivlion the subject is formally before the
liouso and all of the three hundred and
twenty-five members have the privilege
of talking upon it. Nearly half this
number have already signified their in-
Lciitlon to speak on the tariff. Allowing
three prepared speeches a day , which
with the casual remarks on the sub
ject would probably bo all the
liouao could stand , nnd provision la
already made for fully forty days
of tariff oratory. It scorns inevitable
that the talk must go on until the first
of Juno , with every likelihood of being
continued beyond tlia date. . At all
events the country is assured of being
deluged with such a Hood of wisdom and
eloquence on this question as it has
never known before.
The minority report pursues the line
of discussion that was anticipated. Its
strongest point against the Mills hill ia
the sectional discrimination of that meas
ure , which was fully pointed out when
the bill was first made public. It is n
very material and serious objection ,
soaring conclusive ovidcnco of the par-
Lisan considerations which influenced
the democrats of the ways and means
committeo. The report vigorously
combats the proposal to place woolen
on the free list , and insists that
such n policy would be destructive
of the wool industry of this country.
The views of the minority on this feat
ure of t\o \ Mills bill will receive more
Favorable consideration than their argu
ment against a reduction of the steel
rail duty. The steel rail syndicate is
now protected by a duty of seventeen
dollars , which the tariff bill proposes te
reduce to eleven dollars. Profitable
competition by English manufacturers
cannot bo carried on until the price ol
rails in the American market reaches
forty dollars a ton. This shows that the
coat of foreign steel rails delivered al
Now York is about twenty-three dollars
a ton. Allowing the cost of producing n
ton of stool rails in this country to be
from three to five dollars more than
this , which ia doubtless a very generous
allowance , and a duty of cloven
dollars would - afford a protection
of from five to eight dollars. This
ought to bo ample to enable the
steel industry not only tosnrviveJbut U
prosper. It would diminish the vast in
come of the syndicate , which could not
push the price ot rails above thirty-foui
dollars without drawing active compe
tition , but the contracts made this year
show that the steel rail manufacturer !
can afford to sell for between two ant
three dollars loss than the maximuir
price they would bo hold to under the
duty proposed in the now tariff bill
There can bo no question that whei ;
steel rails sold in the American market
last year for forty dollars the syndicate
received not loss than ton dollars a ton
in excess of a fair and oven liberal
profit. This was nothing less than t
direct tribute to the monopoly , overi
dollar of which must ultimately comi
out of the pockets of the people , am
largely out of those of the farmers of tlu
country. The proposed reduction o
duty would cut down the tribute hereafter
after to not loss than four dollars , ani
this is quite enough to demand of tlu
people of the country in behalf of tlu
opulent steel rail syndicate.
The report expresses the unanimous
opinion of the republican members o
the ways and means commilteo , and un
doubtedly has the approval of the large
majority of the republicans of the hou.su
It docs not hold out the promise tha
they will present to the country a plat
of tariff revision that will moot the pre
vailing conditions or respond to the expectations
poctations of a very largo proportion o
the people. It is not reassuring of tlu
adoption of any satisfactory policy
of revenue reform by the present con
gross. It docs not encourage the hope
of relief from the burdens ot taxation
or of adequate provision against tlu
dangers of an accumulating surplus. I
very greatly darkens the prospect ol
legislation for improving the fiscal sys
torn of the government and relieving
the financial situation of the country
from a strain whioii it is reasonably
feared cannot bo much longer continue !
without very serious consequences.
The Two DromlOH.
The board of education has its owi
ntisciill in the person of Dr. Saville
Like the council bell-wether who ha
played jayhawker in Kansas and claim
jumper in Wyoming , this medicine
man has also a career and a record
Years ago ho was in Sioux City preach
Ing ill a church , from which lie u
said to have backslidden into another
Having performed the feat of a religious
ous acrobat the now convert was niadi
the agent at the Rod Cloud Indian reservation
vation on the recommendation o
his bishop. There lie soon bccamo i
man of national repute , by reason of tin
charges which placed on him the rd
sponsibility for the starvation of hi
wards through rascally Hour and bee
contractors. The BKK gave publicll ;
to those charges of fraud and maltreatment
mont , nnd the good medicine mixer wa
intulo to vacate the reservation for tin
benefit of the red man. Then ho hlci
himself to Kearney , where ho dabblei
in politics nnd medicine. But Hi
wickeu do not always prosper.
Failing to build up a lucrative busi
ness at Kearney , the doctor came t
Omaha. Hero ho took a now dopartur
that promised to make him a power li
l > olitics. The horny-handed medicine
man joined the Knights of Labor , an
commenced to work with Ills jaw. B
the influence of the toiling masses am
convention packers , ho had liimsol
nominated for the school board Ins
Juno and was duly elected. In spite c
his K. of L. nflliation , the Bicn refused t
endorse him , because it knew him to b <
a fraud from away back.
HiSporformUnco on city hall resolt
tions explains itself. The great an
good doctor gave as his rousous for ol
forinj : the .resolution .demanding th.
money from the council , .thq prOtonb <
that the injunction of , the courtu requires
quires a vote of the uooplo ba'fdro auy
thing moro can ho done on the city hall
Iniilding , In thli the doctor simply
echoed llascafl. livery body con
versant with the injunction order
knows better , Thou the doctor
declared that he utterly disapprove * the
Mj era1 plans. Wo venture to assert
that the doctor has never seen those
plans , nndluis never called at the board
of public work * ) to examine thorn , But
suppose ho had scon them , what is Ills
opinion worth ns against that of compe
tent builders , engineers and archHocU
who have examined these plans and
pronounce them first-clnss in every way.
Filling tlio Assessors' UlnnkB.
The most difficult problem of taxation
is the assessment of property. While
the stnto laws require nil property to
bo assessed at its actual cash value , n
very wide difference of opinion prevails
ns to what the cash value ' of any prop
erty subject to tnxatio'n actually Is.
In appraising r'cal estate the assessors
usually place its valuation at from one-
fourth to one-fifth of its market value ,
or rather the price at which It would
sell ordinarily. There are , however ,
many Instances where assessors rate
reiil estate at from oi\e-tonth to one-
twentieth ot Its market value. Tills , of
course , works injustice to taxpayers
whoso property is assessed at the usual
rate.
rate.Personal
Personal property , values are fixed by
the owner on the assessors' blank. It is
presumed that parties would make
their return of personal property on the
basis of one-fourth to one-fifth of Its
market valuo. But the divergence Is
even much greater on personal prop
erty returns than on realty. Some people
ple who are conscientious , and feel that
they should certify to the exact truth , fill
out the blank with an estimate of the
actual value of their furniture , mer
chandise , carriages , horses and mort
gages. Others compress their con
sciences into n very small compass and
manage to evade their just share of
taxes by forgotfulncss of what their
bank account , mortgage-loans and pos
sessions in movable properly would
bring even at sheriff's sale. In other
words , the honest and conscientious cit
izen volunteers to bear the heaviest
part of the burden. This class is made
up largely of the wage worker and pro
fessional man. The money-lender ,
speculator , and man of large means is
an export in filling out the assessors'
blank so as to make his personal prop
erty appear insignificant.
IT is understood to bo the desire and
intention of the democratic majority in
the hoube of representatives to duvoto
as much time as possible during the next
two weeks to appropriation bills , s > o that
when the tariff bill comes in for discus
sion it can have as nearly as may bo a
clear course. But in this matter the
majority proposes and Mr. Randall dis
poses. The chairman of the appropria
tions committee has not thus far exhib
ited any solicitude about pushing the
business of which ho has charge , nnd
there is no reason to suppose that ho
will do so now in order to gratify the
element which antagonizes him and of
which ho has nothing to expect. lie
will certainly do nothing to for
ward the chances of the Mills tariff
bill , and ho has it in his power
to again employ his well known
obstructive tactics. It is more than
likely that he will have a lot of appro
priation bills ready , and will urge them
for consideration , just about the time
that the house is prepared to goon with
the tariff debate , and in one way and
another will manage to keep these bills
in position for the purpose of obstruc
tion whenever ho shall deem it ex
pedient to pursue that policy. This he
has done before and it is apprehended
will do again. And unfortunately the
house is helpless , since appropriation
bills have precedence and their control
is entirely in the hands of the chair
man of the appropriations committee.
THE sugar trust has been in existence
five months , and last week declared ft
dividend of two and one-half per cent
for that period. This dividend was on
a certificate capital of forty-five mill
ion dollars , which is three times the
amount of the actual investment , so thai
at this rate the trust is realizing1 eigh
teen nor cent annually on its capital.
A most profitable business , certainly ,
and capable of being mudo more so il
the sugar schedule of the Mills turifl
bill should prevail. This proposes c
material reduction on the low grades
from which the trust refines , and o
slight reduction in the higher grades
that would go into consumption in com
petition with the product of the trust
It is estimated that since the
trust was formed the advance on
refined sugars has given it a
profit of a million and n quarter dollars ,
and this advance was without excuse ,
since the price of its raw material has
declined. It was purely the exercise ol
u right of monopoly to plunder the pee
ple. The trust will doubtless bo con
tent to allow the price of sugar to re
main where it is for the probont. It h
doing fairly well in earning eighteen
per cent on its investment. But II
nothing la done by congress to put n
restraint upon it , an advance of the
price of sugar will speedily follow ad
journment , and it will need the addition
of but 0110 cent a pound to the product
of the trust to yield it a profit that will
more than double the dividend for the
past five months.
THKIII : Is a good deal of needless olll-
ciousness in regard to enforcing the
ordinance regulating the erection oi
signs nnd sign posts , and the obstruc
tion of sidewalks. In the first place ,
the business streets of Omaha urn widet
than those of a largo majority of Amer
ican cities. If a sign hapi > ens to project
twelve or eighteen inches beyond the
exact line fixed by ordinance , nobodj
is very seriously inconvenienced ,
Most of the sidewalks are
from sixteen to twenty feet wide , while
al Kansub City , St. Louis , Philadelphia
and even New York four and six fool
sidewalks are considered ample foi
thoroughfares that do as much trafllo ir
u day as any bushioss street in Omahn
does in a week. This display of mer
chandise on sldowalksbixtee.n to twenty
feet wide .need not necessarily
ilybn treated as . on obstruc
.tion. Neither .docs the loading
and unloading of merchandise require
interference by the police. On Water
s-treel In Chicago , barrels , bpxcs and
crates arc piled upon the sidewalks ten
foot high nnd people have to thread
their way with the greatest of care , but
the police do not interfere. The people
ple of Chicago very cheerfully submit
to the inconveniences of a booming
trnfllc. So they do in other cities.
Instead of meddling with signs nnd
boxes of merchandise , the ) K > lice can
make Itielf more useful by looking
after the alloys nnd having them
cleaned of rubbish and decayed
vegetables.
THK battle for high license In Now
York , which bus been waged with great
vigor , gives promise of being successful.
A bill lias passed the lower branch of
the legislature nnd Is now In the senate ,
where the chief danger that confronts
it is the desire of certain republican
members to make the beer license very
low. The bill discriminates in favor of
beer , but the particular friends ot that
beverage think the discrimination
ought to bo still wider. It will bo
speedily discovered , If the bill becomes
n law , that its fault is in making any
discrimination. A license law must be
uniform to bo safe , just and ollloiont.
This is the lesson of experience and
common sense , nnd it will ultimately
have to be accepted in New York as
elsewhere , if that stale adopts the high
license principle.
COUNCILMAN Lowuv wants the city
hall on the corner of Tenth nnd Mason
streets. From the number of sites
which enterprising councilmcn have
already picked out on which to locate
the city hall building , it would seem
that they want to erect n building on
wheels and keep it moving every sis
months.
IMlOflUNKNX
Chief Arthur is universally referred to bi
the engineers as the . "old man. "
Timothy Ilealy , the dashing M. P. , was ar
obscure clerk about a dozen years ago.
General Manager Stone , of the Chicago
Burlington nnd Qulncy road , is about thirty
seven years old.
Senator Hoar has received the dcg reo ol
LL , D. from Harvard , Yule , \Villinuis , Amherst -
herst and William nnd Mury's.
Senator Vest , of Missouri , Sawyer , of Wis
cousin , anil Jones , ot Nevada , are con
sidorcd tlio best story-tellers of the senate.
Thomas Nast has a libel suit on hand it
San Francisco , not for caricaturing any
body , but for drawujff n contract to lecture
Louis Kossuth is still Hyinij at Turin will
his sister , In good health and busy with his
autobiography. He is eighty-six years o
age. , t j
The remarkable tntomcnt Is maao tha
Justice Gray has dnrwd'l.oOO French novel !
from the congressional library since his ac
cess to the supremcy oui'tl
Colonel Fred N. Dow ref used to vote foi
liis father. Neat Dow , ' ' Jivhcn ho ran foi
mayor of Portland , Me. 'last week , but sup
ported the republlcai ? candidate.
There are but fourj ] men now living win
'
have by uauie received' the thanks of congress
gross by joint resolution. They are Sheri
dan , Terry , Howard Shfl JSherman.
At eighty years ole Hon. Hugh McCullocl :
retains his brown hair and whiskers , onl.i
slightly touched with gray , and does not usi
eye-glasses more than half the time.
Ex-Governor Alger , of Michigan , owns :
vast tract of timber land near Alpena. It
contains over one hundred square miles and
bears 500,000,000 feet of white and yellow
pine.
pine.Tho
The London Tid-Bits publishes a numbei
of autographs of "distinguished men of tlu
woild. " The name of Buffalo Bill is founi
directly opposite the signature of thepriiic (
of Wales.
Charles H. Litchman would bo taken any
where for a prosperous merchant rather that
a prominent figure in the ICnights of Laboi
organisation. Ho has an intellectual face , !
pair of dark eyes and wears an exquisitely
lilting suit of clothes. Ho is rather a re
ticent man , a quality that is desirable in hli
position as general secretary of the grea !
order.
Major General Terry , commanding tlu
military division of the Missouri , will soot
retire. He has purchased a beautiful hous <
in New Haven for his future home , and wil
reside in that city. Ho is one of the wealth !
est men in the army , and his retired pay wil
be about $5,000. IIo has been n useful am
popular ofllcur , and was a good example o
the gentleman.
There lives in Heed City , Mich. , in thi
person of Mr. Yutes , one ot the ' 'immortal
COO , " who by missuntloi standing an ordei
Riven them by their commander , mailo the
"Cliargo of the Light Brigade" against sucl
fearful odds TUo charge rendered fanioui
by Tennyson. Mr. Yates feels very prout
of the service rendered his country at thu
timo.
John A. Logan , son of the late Genera
John A. Logan , owns four thoroughbroc
ruco horses , now stationed at the Lexington
Ky. , track. This is Mr. Logan's first vcn
turo as a sporting man , and ho has the
good will , it is said , of all the trainers a
Lexington. Men who admired his father
however , would rather see young Logan at
tending to the aflulra of the nation thai
to those of the paddock.
Can't Commit Crime.
It seems odd , but when a man is worth f
million or so his crimcu outlaw in about &U
months.
Nut n
nLite. .
Baileau attempting Uutlay. Bacon to Grant1 !
Slmkcspearo and acting a&hlsown Donnolly
is not u startling success : ' f\ \
No Filet ) on Smj-th.
St. l\iulJOl < fte.
Sincohohas made th fudt public that ar
attempt was made to hriho him by an offoro :
$250,000 , rtccorder Smyth may expect to sec
the Now York politicians Iloclc after lili
place like Hies around1 ii. molasses barrel it
summer , " "
No Clietitiuit Tree.
Cltlcaao ileinM ,
The Illinois oftlcials have decided to celebrate
brato Arbor day by each planting a tree ii
the stnto liouso yard. Governor Oglesbj
will plant an elm , Secretary Dement an oak
Auditor Swigert a larch , Treasurer Tannoi
u sycamore and so on to tha last , but curi
ously enough not ono of these old politics
standbys will plant a chestnut tree.
I'nlHo ,
Itrgdter ,
The efforts of thp democratic protection'
IsU to frighten the congressional supjwrtert
of the Mills' tariff bill on the ground thai
Connecticut is solid against the measure art
amusing. Connecticut is no longer for pro
lection. That unique panacea fpr all out
business ills' has already driven zoino of out
largest manufacturing concerns from , tlu
state and depress those that remain. Tjifl
manufacturers of the state , especially those
located In the Interior , rogarfl the repeal of
tlio tariff taxes on raw materials M neces
sary to their existence. They nro not
alarmed at nil tvt the pro'poct of Ufa unJor a
lower tariff. On the contrary , the only fear
they Imve U that the present bill wfll fall be-
twaentliQ Inefllclontly df.iotpllned democratic
house and the republican senate.
Theyllnvo ItoliltiK
A'ew Vork in > iM.
No wonder the customs ofllelnls are unable
to keep out the Chinese who arrive in San
Francisco when custom Inspectors conspire
toRPtthcm in. The confession of nn In
dicted Inspector yesterday In San Francisco
shows how easy It IB to got around the law
and bring In thousands of Mongolians , pro
vided the men who arc sworn to serve Undo
Sam honestly have nn Itching palm.
Tlio Song of the Voter.
S\n \ Ingfitld
When railroad lines the highways meet ,
Just separate tlio grades I
High arches do not mar the street
Like broken necks mid mangled foot
Of both the humulo nnd ollto ,
.lust Bcpunito the grades 1
it ,
When rum ! s frco nnd water , too ,
Just separata the grndcsi
llnnk , lawless license will not do ,
Nor prohibition's constant stow ,
uut keep n middle course In view ,
And separate the grades I
iir.
When party tickets fall to please ,
Just separate the grmlcsl
Men should not drop upon their Uucoi
Anil drink ono party to the Ices
In small municipalities ,
13 ut separata the grades t A
STAT10 ANI >
Nebraska Jotting's.
Beatrice has contracted for $20,000 ,
worth of sowers.
The Episcopalians of Lincoln propose
to invest $40,000 in a brown atone
church.
The state insane asylum at Norfolk is
already crowded and the base ball sea
son is not yet fairly open ,
Ex-Treasurer O'Brien , of a school
district in Gage county , is under bonds
for trial for failing to account for $119.
The board of trade of Broken Bow
propose to invest in printers' ink and
illuminate the advantages of the town
and county.
The Burlington slapped a mortgage
on file in Gage county last week to se
cure a loan of $1,600,000. The strike
has produced a painful emptiness in the
treasury.
The school census of Beatrice shows
a total of 1,903 children of school ago ,
against 1,704 ono ycarugo. The thrifty
charmer of the Blue gives substantial
evidence of her enterprise.
Queen Chungum is operating1 on the
credulous at SI a head in Lincoln. She
Illls a long felt want by showing the
capital city maidens how to gracefully
work their gobs over n full grown wad.
A Norfolk man who had struggled
bravely against the barbarous relic of
forgotten civilization that- compels hus
bands to build the morning lire , broke
his pledge last Wednesday. He went
back to bed and died of a broken heart.
The Nebraska Elevator and Grain
company has become an incorporated
squeeze. The company is virtually a
"trust" of nearly all elevators in the
South Plattp country , and the clutches
of tlio legalized pool will soon bo felt.
Town Items.
Burlington boasts of a rod headed
negro.
A cable street railway threatens the
slumbers of Sioux City.
Burlington will have a now Methodist
church , to cost about $38,000.
The Central Christian church of DCS
Moines has purchased a lot and will
erect a new house.
An Atlantic paper says that no indus
try is coining to the front faster in that
section than the breeding of fast , horses.
The Dos Moines Y. M. C. A. will
erect rt building of its own costing , with
the lot , $7o,000. Several thousand do'l-
lors has already been pledged.
The miners of DCS Moines have re
turned to work , a compromise of 121
cents being agreed on by all instead of
the 15 com reduction asked by the
operators. _
Dakota.
A stone planing-mill will bo built in
Sioux Falls this spring.
At Pargo a mammoth moose has just
been mounted on Broadway. Ho is said
to have the broadest antlers on record.
Coal discoveries are being made in
various parts of Dakota. What is moro
necessary is that some of them be devel
oped.
By the estimates of the governors of
the 'respective territories , Dakota has
173,831 more population than Washing
ton , Montana and Now Mexico com
bined.
A largo force is still at work in the
oflico of the register of deeds at Rapid
City. The number of documents of
fered for record this year is far ahead
of any time before noted.
The property of the Yankton Porlc
and Beef Packing company has been
sold to United States Marshal D. W.
Maratta , S. B. Coulson and Pennsylva
nia capitalists for $30.000. Improve
ments to cost $10,000 will bo made on
the buildings this summer and tlio ca
pacity of the pork packing house in
creased to 2,500 hogs per day.
Mngmio'fl Custom House Machine.
NKW .Youic , April 3. [ Special Telegram
to the BKE. ] Collector Mngono's return from
Washington yesterday revived excitement
and apprehension at the custom houso. Ono
of the first documents to reach his eye was
the resignation of J , A. Stanwood , chief of
the refunding division , Ho has held the
position for twelve years. Mr. Stanwood is
a nephew of James JG , Blalno. Thomas S.
Kelly , watchman at the public stores , got his
walking papers. Ho is a republican. Somelm-
portantromovalsuro threatened to take plnco
soon. Among those whoso names wcro used
in this connection were Joseph Trclor , thirty
years in the custom house , and now chlof of
the correspondence bureau , and Frederick A.
Wight , deputy collector of the third divi
sion.
Henry Koch's Will.
NEW YOIIK , April 3. [ Special Telegram to
the HUE. ] Henry Hargh loft by will a valua
ble piece of property on Warren street , this
city , to the Society for Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals. H is now claimed that the
property belonged to his wife , who be
queathed it to a relative , Mis. Gcorgo A. Da
Freitus , nf Utica , to bo held in trust for the
latter's daughter. A contest for possession
of the property will bo madu.
Tlio ItlK Tliumpors.
NEW YOIIK , April 3. [ Special Telegram to
the HEE. ] Domimck McCaffrey , who arrived -
rived from England Sunday , gives nn inter
esting description of the Sullivan-Mitchell
fight , and says ho is now ready to light John
L. to a finish , and thinks ho can whin him ,
too. Mitchell is coming over tuid will prob
ably make a match with Dompsey. Sullivan ,
H is understood , will bo home thU or iluxt
week.
TlieVJre'lleoortl.
HAKTFOHD , Conn. , April 3. Last night a
Hro at liockvillo aoslroyea the Second Con
gregational chtirch and Fischer block , which
is a business and dwelling block , pausing a
low of $100,000 , willi insurance of Itf OOO.
PIGEON HOLED CADEfS KICK ,
Taylor's Howl Glvos Hagcall o
Obnuoo to Say City Hall.
FORD AFTER THE PINKER.TONS ,
IIo Questions Their Authority Tlio
Police Authorities Called Upon to
Kxplnlu A Sign Orillnnnoo
Passed nt Imst.
tit Council.
Tlio only chance given llasciill nt the coun
cil meeting last night to say city hall was
when a communication was read from Cadet
Taylor , of the Hopubllcan , setting up a kick
agnlnst the communication of Mayor Broatch ,
received some weeks ago , tl'mt the city adver
tise for bids for printing the revised city
ordinances , Cadet claiming that ho was en
titled to tlio work on the slander plea that his
company had gone to some expense In preparing -
paring for the work which they expected to
undertake last fall. Cadet followed up this
howl by disclosing a musty smelling com
munication from Mr. W. J. Council , In which
the latter gentleman suggested that a litho
graph of the city hall would make an ap
propriate and pretty frontploco. This bit of
intelligence rolled Hnscall , who got up and
moved that ho bo appointed n committee ol
ono to draw a charcoal picture of the city hall.
His joke foil flat , and ha foil flatter when
Councilman Alexander suggested that Hns
call draw the ono ho has been trying to
build , on Jefferson square. Order being
restored , Cadet's kick was pigeon-holed anil
the city clerk was directed to % o ahead and
advertise for bids for printing the ordinances.
The next tilt came up over the adopting ol
the report of the committee , who have hnd
the ordinance regulating signs and advertis
ing devices under consideration , nnd after
seine discussion the report was adopted and
the ordinance again resumed its slumbers
until the council got around to glvo it Ufa
nnd force by n third reading.
When the committee on paving , curbing anil
guttering reported in favor of allowing
James Stcphcnson four feet of the sidewalk
at the corner of Tenth nnd Hornoy street to
insure him room to get his horses and buggies
in and out of his barn , Councilman Ford , who
had Just como In from South Omaha , raised n
terrible hub-hub. After considerable talk
the recommendation of the committee was
voted down.
The following sensation was , when Council
man Ford arose and nskcd permission to in
troduce the appended resolution :
Resolved , That the chief of police investi
gate by what authority the so-called Pinkerton -
ton dctcctlvo force is abusing and arresting
old time citizens of our city.
Mr. Ford followed up his resolution by
saying that the Pinkertons were insulting by
word and injuring with clubs old time citi
zens , and ho thought it was time they wcro
sat down upon.
The other councilmen followed in the saino
strain , Councilman Huscall saying that ho
had it from good uulliority that the board of
fire nnd poiico commissioners In executive
session had authorized the poiico judge to
swear in the Pinkcrtons.
Ford's resolution finally passed with nn
' 'that the
amendment by Councilman Lowry
chlof nnd police and flro commissioners report -
port ut the next meeting of the council. "
The following communications were read :
From the mayor : Notifying the council
that there are deeds amounting to the sum of
$49,000 that remain unpaid , nnd recommend
ing that they bo sold. Ueferrcd to the city
attorney and city engineer.
From the comptroller : Stating that the
Union Pacific railroad are willing to pay
$43(3.40 ( and $1,350 ns their proportion due for
the cost of the Eleventh and Sixteenth streets
viaducts. Turned over to the city attorney.
From the city engineer : Heport-
Ing that the amount of money
assessed against the property
on Twelfth street for grading from Pacific to
William streets was $3,192.09. Ucfcrrcd to
First ward delegation ; advising that the
street commissioner bo instructed to put in n
proper culvert across Center street ; report
ing that it would cost $10,000 to grade Thirty-
third street from Cuming to Lake ; recom
mending that the sewer in the alley between
Harucy and Howard streets bo reluld with n
twelve-inch pipe.
Hoard of Public Works : Recommending
the payment to J. E. Uiloy & Co. W10.01 ,
being the 5 per cent reserve hold on sewer
district No.15 ; approving bond in the sum
of $20,000 of the Nebraska and Colorado
stone company ; giving notice that the clean
ing of paved streets the coming season will
involve nn expenditure of money nearly
double that of last season.
Jndgo Berka reported having had 900 cases
before him in March and the collecting of
81,1141.60 in fines and $351.85 in costs.
Chief of Police Seavoy'a communication
asking for the framing of nn ordinance estab
lishing a dog pound was referred to commit
tee on police.
The meat inspector said ho condemned
5,200 pounds of meat during March , and the
superintendent of buildings reported having
collected $294 from building permits during
the same month.
From the city attorney : Bill foroOlco
rent and furmturo , $390. Kefurrcd to
finance committee ; recommending that $175
bo paid Jacob Frank for dnmago ilono to his
property ; reporting that Sarah O. Patrick
has no lawful claim on S4.1S5 paid by her for
taxes.
From the city treasurer : Giving notice of
people having paid taxes under protest.
The boiler Inspector reported having col
lected $1)53 ) during the months of January ,
February and March.
Communication from John Tcrak mid
others , asking for the reopening of an alloy
In ICount/c's third addition , was referred to
the committee on streets nud alleys ; that nf
owners on Cuss street , between Thirtieth
nnd Thirty-third , asking for a grade , was re
ferred to the committee on grading ; also
that of II. W. Yates to have grade estab
lished on Webster street.
The street commissioner was directed to
dump n few loads of cinders into the ditch on
the east side of Twenty-fifth street , between
Davenport nnd Chicago.
C. P. Wilson wns allowed $150 for the loss
of a house by fulling Into the sewer on the
corner of Twenty-eighth and Farnam streets.
George Gardner's politlon , asking for dam
ages ilono his properly in the sum of $1MX ( )
by the grading of Leavenworth sire-el , was
referred to the committee on grades and
grading ; also Hint of property holders , ask
ing for the establishment of a grade on Hurt
Htroot from Thirtieth to Thirty-third ; nUo
that of propei ty holders , protesting against
tlio grading of Twentieth street , between
Dorcas and the south city limits.
Petitions of taxpayers in paving district
No. 70 , that the street bo paved with cedar
blocks on concrete base , those of district Ki5
for Sioux Fulls granite , and those of Cuming
Btrcot ba pared from Thlrty-slxih tr < Mt to
Lowe avenue were referred to-committee on
paving , curbing ohd guttorinjr.
L. A. Goldsmith fare format notice of hnv
Ingf accepted tlio nosltlon of frarbngo In/
Bisector , ilnd J. O. Wlomorvns given per *
ratsskm to tiso a part of Chicairo slroot torn }
porntlly with frame Btruotura wUllo U4
puts up n throo-story brick.
Proposition of Anhousor-HusCTt fcrowlnrf
company offering : Vioir premises On NintU
nnd Capitol nvcnuo for Jail purposes , was ro
ferrod to special committee on lulls.
Hugh M irphy'a bond. In the sum of ftf.OW
was approved.
Coinmuiloatlons of L. fxsvl , asking for n
grades K S. Dundy , Jr. , nnd olhbrs , tliufl
they bo ijivon leave to occupy six feet adt
Joining their lota fronting and abuttlnrf
Thirty-second Blrcot between Pnclfio street
nud Wonlworth avenue for park puriwses ;
Joseph Pritchard nnd others calling atten
tion to the bad condition of the alloy on the
Bouth side of Lcnvenworth street , between
Twenty-first nnd Twenty-second streets ,
wore rofirrcd to tlio committee on street *
and alleys.
J. P. Smith's claim , $20.40 , tot hi-ldclnij
sunken sou-or nt the intersection on Twenty-
eighth am' Farnam street * , was allowed.1
Petition of property holders that Capitol
nvonuo fixm Eighteenth to Twentieth Btroct
bo paved forty foot wide with Cedar blocka
was referred to the oomiaUtco on paviujf ,
curbing anl ( nitUsriDg. -
The following resolutions word nfloptedt
Instructing street commissioner to do noccs.
snry cnulinif on Spring and Thirteenth
streets for Mdownlks ; instmcting Bamoofll-
elal to construct necessary sidewalks , on ,
South Fourteenth street ; reconsidering r so-
union that the street commissioner do work
under direction of the mayor ; instructing
Btrcet commissioner to lay a crosswalk'on
west side of Twenty-fourth street nt Lcnvoii *
worth ; directing board of public works , to
repair sewer nnd paving on Twenty.fouvtli
street ; directing street commissioner tolre-
pair or otherwise protect the washout oil
South Seventeenth street nt Union Paclllo
railway crossing , nnd to fill In the alloy in
block a , E. N. Smith's ' addition ; allowing C.
F. Williams to curb Nineteenth street lt
front of lots 1 and 3 , block 0 , Horbnch's
second addition ; authorizing the employment
of four men in Hunscom park ; permitting a
sidewalk to bo laid on Popplotou aveffua
from Thirty-third to Thirty-sixth street ; nu
thorizlug the printing of 10,000 copies ol
ordinance No. 1050.
The appended resolutions wcro roforrMr
That the council reconsider the assessment
on the propel ty holders of Twenty-second
street , between Grant and the north line
of Denises addition city attorney ; that ( ho
street commission bo instructed to grudo the
alley in block U , Millnrd place committee on.
streets and alloys ; tlmt the city attorney
and city engineer prepare nn ordinance fop
the construction of n viaduct on South
Twenty-fourth street committee on via
ducts and brides ; that the board of publln
works have ch. . ijo of nil repairs on paved
streets rofcircd to special committee com
prising Counclluion Lowry , Kitchen ami
Hascall.
Dr. J. n. Ralph's ' bill for $35 , for medical
services for January and February was referred
ferred to the committee on police , nnd the
claim of P. Fox & Co. , claiming $23(5.15 iiu
tercst on estimates for building the south ,
branch of north Omaha was not allowed.
Tlio committee on poiico reported that the
charges made against G.irbugo Inspector
Goldsmith by garbage collectors were not
worthy of notice.
John J. McDonald wns awarded tha con
tract for repairing sewers for the ensuing
year , contrary to the recommendation of the
committee on sewerage that the board ot
public works rondvertiso for bids , and K. A.
Wallace was allowed $82.95 for ronalriuii
sewers.
The following resolution by Councilman
Leo met with a hearty reception , and was
amended to road "all other contractors. "
Resolved , That the board of public works
bo directed to notify Reagan Bros , ft Co. to
proceed with the paving contracts now hold
by them.
The appropriation ordinance to pay tha
liabilities of the city for the month of MurclJ
was read three times by title nnd passed.
Its total is $29.557.33.
The following ordinances were passed ;
Creating nn alloy In paving district No. 40 ;
creating paving districts Nos. 107 , 1C3 , 109 ,
170 , 90 and 70 ; reconstructing scwec
in district No. 3 ; creating sewer districts
Nos. CO and OS ; opening an alloy in block 13 ,
Hunscom place ; constructing a suwor lit
sewer district No 07 ; regulating the erection
nnd placing of signs ; opening a street through
lotsltl and 44 in Hartmuu's addition ; grading
Douglas street from Twenty-sixth avenue to
the west line of Hoggs & Hill's second addi
tion ; establishing grade of alloy between
Cuss and Twenty-fifth street and Twenty-
sixth street.
At 11:80 : the council adjourned until next
Thursday night.
The Cannillan Pacific.
OTT\WA , April H. The terms of settlement
between the Dominion government nnd tha
Canadian t'acillo railway to enable tno con
struction of railroads in the northwest con
necting with the United States roads is un
derstood to bo as follows : The Canadian
Pacific is to surrender absolutely Its monon'
ely in the northwest on receiving 815,000,000
for 10,000,000 acres of land. The condition- !
nro that the innds are to bo open for settlers
and that $15,000,000 is to.bo expended In Ira-
proving the railway and adding to its rolling
stock and branches.
.Take Slmrp'H Physical Condition.
Nnw YOIIK , April 3. When the case of
Jacob Sharp came up to-day in the supreme
court the Judge handed the district attorney
reports of the physicians on Sharp's comlU
tion. They certified that Sharp was confined ,
to his bed with iicuto capillary bronchitis.
complicated with n chronio dlHcaxo of hl4
heart and kidneys. It would bo at least foutf
weeks before ho could come to court with
safety. Judge Patterson appointed April 11
for hearing of the motion fur a change ot
venuo.
A Roped Murderer.
Wn.KEsn.uiiiK , Pa. , April 3. Adam Mol
kovitch , who cruelly murdered Stanislaus
Uioski , near this city , August last , was oxfr
cutca in the Jail at 1 1 : : U > this morning. Lonf ?
before that time largo crowds of people gath
ered around tlio prison and surmounted the
adjacent eminence to witness the hanging.
H In IMillndelphln.
Pim.Ai > Ki.rmApril 3. It Is stated by
llablo authority that Claus Sprecklcs has
cldo to build a sugar refinery hero and that
tno purchase of a slto will bo consummated
to day. The cost of the plant has boon
Htuted us $ .l,0'JO,000 , mid the uiinuul output au
jys.ooo.ooo. . .
A Glinrtcr Urponled.
nu/riMoiiR , Aprils , Last night the Mary
land legislature repealed the charter of tha
Hiilllinoro & Ohio railroad employes rollof
association , to take effect April 1 , IbB'J. Thl4
action moi'lH the approval of thu now oulceni
of the railroad company.
GRAND OPENING
FUJIAY A\I > SA.TUICDAY , APKII , ( Itli anil Till. AM , I.INKS COIUfr
PLKTI ; . KviiiYit : ( > i > Y wi :
With opening buds and warmer days another springtime comes ,
So L. O. Jones , with his opening grand , brings gladness to our homos ,
For human belnga must bo clothed , and at this ono.prico htoro
Are offered suits und overcoats , noW sold so cheap bofore.
The stock is choice , nnd very largo , rare bargniiib you will tncot ,
At.Tones American Clothing Ilouao , 150 ! ! ) Fnrnam street.
In the spring the young man's fancy rightly turns to thoughts of
And the old man with the children to the cheapest clothier goes ,
And the ladles take tholr woo ones into Jones' low priced store ,
For this house is selling clothing cheaper now than o'er beforo.
On its many crowded counters , goods well made and stylish too ,
Patterns can bo found bo htylish , oh , so nobby , nice and now ;
And the overcoats and suitd , are priced much lower than olsowhoraj
The buttons sowed on tightly , ouch seam made not to tear ;
L. O. Jones is the proprietor and from the ea.t returned ,
IIo shows a stock of clothing for which just fume IH earned ;
And , ho who buys saves many dimes , for all the suits you sen ,
Are bought for cash at lowest price of the great cabtorn factories.
Kh'LMinl | iliol > ( > ? raiililc ! MMivenir * nf Itoolli nml ISnrrfft to nil
call on opening day * , Como und bring your friends.
L , 0 , JONES , American Clothier ,
1309 STREET.