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COKOHKSS ia now feeling its Ontos.
Tlio Alubnma congressman of that ntunc
has charge of the democratic flllibustcra
against the direct tux bill.
A STitANOKii in Kansas City threw
away $7,000 and jumped into the Mis
souri river. IIo did not have enough
inonoy to buy a graveyard lot.
GLOWING reports come from the Pa
cific coast that gold has been found in
great abundance in lower California.
How long ago was it that the same re
gion was said to bo a field covered with
diamonds ?
JAY GOULD has given orders to dis
mantle his yacht. This quiets the pub-
15,0 pulse as an assurance that Commo-
floro Bennett , of the Namouna , has nol
challenged Commodore Gould , of the
Atlanta , to meet him in mid-ocean for a
naval duel.
THE British nobility , or at least-a
part of them , are going to sco if they
can't succeed bettor in business than in
tlio house of lords. Viscount Cantor-
Imry is open to engagements as a pro
fesstonal diner out with persons of inferior
forior social standing. Terms reason'
able. And a Lord Ascourt has become
a drummer for a London piano firm.
A TOlTHlSTwho had boon attracted t <
Sioux City by the extensive nnd gilt
edged coloring given that city by iti
Newspapers , writes to the BKK to say i'
isn't so. His opinion may or may noi
bo correct. Newspapers are powerfu
aids to boom a city but no prudent mar
will invest money in real estate wilhou
personal inspection.
- Tun largo and enthusiastic audience !
which are filling the Boyd during the
present engagement of the Booth-Bar
pott combination , speak well for the
high dramatic taste of the city. I
takes a Patti or a Booth to draw out th <
lovers of art and music. Omaha citizens
zons want the best there is in the market
kot even if it comes high.
TJIB .Republican , with its usual con
eistency , abuses the BEK for suggesting
that Omaha should got up an originn
project as an attractive feature for fail
week. The Republican bus alway
'been a moss-biiek and never can conceive -
coivo an original idea. In point of fuc
Jhn DEIS would favor a corn palace , i
pothlng better can bo devised. Some
thing now and striking- should bo madi
n prominent feature of our annual expo
ellion.
THE embarrassment of the younges
national bank in this city is to bo de
plored for many reasons. It is the firs
instance since 1857 that any bank li
Omaha has boon compelled to close it
doors. While wo have assurance thn
{ ho depositors will receive one hundrci
cents on the dollar , oven a tompornr ,
suspension entails needless Imrdshi
and should bo a caution to business mo :
nnd depositors generally. Wild ca
banking is a dangerous thing in an ,
community.
ANTl-CniNKS15 laws must remain i
dead letter so long as San FrancUcoeus
torn o ill corn combine corruptly in the is
BUO of Chinese certificates. The triii
of certain officials of that custom hous
is now being prosecuted , and the rove
fattens are astonishing. William Boyi1
ono of the customs Inspectorshas , turno
Btnte's evidence. He testified that i
was his duty tolssuo certificates of res
flcnco to Chinese desiring to return t
China. Another official , Ferdinan
Ciprico , also on trial , boarded each Ii
coming vessel and compared the Ch
nose immigrants with the certificate !
A third official , named McLean , exan
Inod the Chinese ns to their knowlcdg
of America. There wore other govon
inont olllcials in the conspiracy , nott
My a Tom Hughes , who wont to Chin
with unenncoled certificates which woi
sold to Chinamenvibhlng to omigral
to America for 825 per hcn/l , Who
any of those fraudulent cortitlcatcswet
presented to Boyd ho certified to the
genuineness , and Ciprico and MeLon
passed the Chinese into San Frnnclst
as fast as they arrived. This sort i
business has boon practiced at Sn
Francisco for several years , and thoi
tnnds of Chinese Imvo been fraudulent !
admitted to the United Status who wou !
have been kept out by the yrosont in
migration laws.
The low * Railroad
The most important legislation on-
ncted by the twenty-second general as-
cmbly of Iowa was the passage of a law
o regulate railroad corporations nnd
ithor common carriers in the slato. It
s n broad and comprehensive statute ,
nnd it sustained and properly enforced
vill give the people of that stnto at
east partial relief from existing abuses.
L'ho act applies to all common carriers
cngngcu in the state in the transporta-
lon of passengers or properly by rail
roads , and the language is explicit in
loscrlblng what is intended to bo in
cluded In the terms "railroad , " "rail
road corporation" and "transportation , "
so that it will bo found extremely diffi
cult to cvado the law.
In its requirements nnd prohibitions
the Iowa statute follows closely the in tor-
slate commerce law , All charges shall
jo just and reasonable , and every charge !
tot so is prohibited und declared to be
unlawful. The allowance of n special
rate , rebate , drawback , or other form of
unjust discrimination is declared to bo
mlawfulus is also any preference or ad
vantage given by n common carrier to
any person , company , firm , corporation
or locality , or the subjecting of any one
of these to any prejudice or disadvan
tage. It will bo allowable , however , Ic
charge a loss rate per ono hundred
rounds in a carload lot than is charged
'or the same kind of freight in less than
a carload Jot , and also preference maybe
bo given as to time of shipment of live
stock , uncured meats or other perish
able property. The "short and lonp
: mul" principle is maintained , and
charges between points on the line
of any common carrier are required -
quired to bo fairly proper-
.ioncd. Pooling contracts and all
'orms of agreement for the division ol
earnings or profits nro declared to be
unlawful , each day of the continuance
of such arrangement to bo deemed n
separate offense. Schedules of rates
'ares and charges nro required to be
plainly printed nnd conspicuously posted ,
; ho regulations regarding the raising
or lowering of these schedules corresponding
spending with the Inter-state commerce
*
iaw . Copies of schedules , as well as ol
all agreements and arrangements be-
twccn common carriers , must bo filet
with the board of railroad commission
ers.
ers.Tho
The most ample and explicit provisior
is made toprovont discriminations , both
ns to passenger fares and freighl
charges. After this law goes into offecl
no common carrier in Iowa can issue
commutation , excursion or thousand
mile tickets only to an exclusive
class , such as commercial travelers , or tc
particular bodies of persons , but if is
suing them at all must do so alike ? to all
who apply. In the transportation o
freight more cannot bo charged foracai
than for several cars of the like class oi
troight over the same railroad , for the
same distance , in the same direction
and this principle is extended to the
ton and a hundred pounds , for which 5
greater charge cannot be made than foi
several tons under a car load and foi
several hundred pounds under a ton
the route , distance and direction boinf
the same. The usual exceptions t <
these provisions arc of course made it
behalf of the officers and employes o :
common carriers , ministers of religioi
and certain other specified persons
and of the property of the federal , statt
and municipal governments.
The amplest authority is givoi
the board of railroad commissioner ,
for obtaining information regarding tin
management of the business of all com
mon. carriers subject to the provisions o
the act , and the board is required t <
keep itself informed as to the mnnuo :
and method in which , the business o
these carriers is conducted. The power
of the board for making investigations
considering complaints , nnd the performance
formanco of other specified duties , an
very similar in character and scope t (
those of the intor-stato commerce com
mission. Among the more cxtondci
powers of the Iowa board is the author
Sty to make for each of the railroad cor
poratlons doing business in the state :
schedule of reasonable maximum rate
of charges for the transportation o
freight and cars on each of sai <
railroads , this authority including
the power of classification of ill
such freights. Any parson , firm or cot
poration may bringcomplaintbefore th <
commission charging a common carrie
with having violated the law , and tin
proceeding thereon is similar to Urn
under the national statute. The penal
ties provided for violations of the lav
nro sufficient to induces respect for its re
quircmonts.
The enforcement of this act will glv <
the people of Iowa fair and just treat
incut from the railroads , nnd wo canno
ECO that it will in any direction do in
justice to those corporations. It Is note
to bo doubted , however , that they wil
find numerous reasons for professing t
believe that it will prove disastrous t
them , unless they can dictate the ehoic
of railroad commissioners. The Ini
will go into effect on the 10th of May.
The Proper Conruo For Ilio Con no !
If Councilman Ford is in real earnes
about suppressing the Pinkerton moi
connrlos why don't ho tnfco stops to Imv
them disarmed nnd disbanded ? Whn
is the use of wasting time in wind
talk and resolutions , asking the mnyo
by what authority these bogus policemen
mon are acting ? The way to do u thin
is to do it. The way to got rid of th
Pinkerton Janissaries is to politely re
quest the mayor to cancel thuir prt
tended commissions.
Section 184 of the charter provide
"that the mayor shall bo the cor
sorvutor of the peace throughout th
city , and shall have power by and wit
the consent of the city council to nj
point any number of special policomo
which he may deem necessary to prt
serve the peace of the city , and to dl :
miss the same at pleasure. " The plal
intent of the law is that i
any emergency whenever i
the judgment of the mayt
the regular police is insufficient to su ]
press threatened or actual disturbanci
ho may submit to the council the nnnu
of the perbons ho desires to employ i
special policemen. If the council r <
fuses its consent ho cannot appoii
them , but the chitif of police may in h
discretion , call on citizens to aid him i
upprcBfilng riots and disturbances , and
n cnso the chief cannot maintain order
ho aid of tbo sheriff may bo invoked ,
nnd if the sheriff and his posse cannot
enforce order the governor is in duty
> ound to call out the militia , There is ,
lowovor , at present no disorder in this
city , which the regular police is unable
o suppress.
Wo are not aware that any disturbance
seven threatened , If the Burlington
road wants to employ non-residents on
, holr grounds as watchmen they have a
right to do so , but they cannot act as
special policemen until the council has
confirmed their appointment.
Thij has not been done. Whllo it is
, rue that the police commission have
jono through the form of consenting to
, heir employment by the Burlington
road , their action is evidently void. It
s a misconception of the powers vested
n thoin by the charter. If it had been
, lie intention of the lawmakers to give
the commission the power to employ
any number of special policemen with
out consulting the council , there would
lave been no express distinction as be
tween the appointment and removal of
regular and special policemen. The
ihnrtcr nowhere requires the council to
consent to the appointment of regular
policemen , nor can the mayor dismiss n
regular policeman nt pleasure. But the
charter expressly directs the mayor to
advise with the council on the appoint
ment of special police , and
caves it to his d.lrcu'ot'ion
.o dismiss them at pleasure.
Lt seems to us that the mayor should
either bo requested to submit to the
council the names of the Pinkerton
specials and all others who have not
been confirmed by the council , or ho
should revoke the commissions and no
tify the managers of the Burlington
road to make a requisition for police
protection if the property of the road ia
endangered or its employes are threat
ened with violence.
TltE Iowa legislature adjourned with
out day on Tuesday , having given the
state some good legislation and some
not so good. It was in most respects a
radical body , but all that was promised ,
or threatened , at the beginning of the
session was not carried out , showing
that conservative counsels were not en
tirely without influence. Perhaps the
most extreme measure passed was the
pharmacy bill , which allows the sale ol
intoxicating liquors nnd alcohol for
medical , sacramental and chemical pur
poses only , and hedges about such sale
with restrictions which it is believed
will make compliance with the law an
impossibility. Wholesale dealers and
manufacturers are extinguished by the
law. which , while recognizing liquoi
and alcohol as necessary for certain
purposes , declares its manufacture in the
state to bo illegal. The legislature ol
Iowa could not prevent the importation
of these articles of commerce. The su
preme court of the United States erected
an insurmountable barrier against such
legislation. Whisky and alcohol will
go into Iowa as freely as its people maj
demand and for certain purposes the
legality of its use is recognized , but this
wise legislature has decreed that no one
shall engage in the manufacture ol
these articles in Iowa , so that the peO'
plo of that state who must have there
will pay their money to build up these
industries in other states. This is nol
a matter about which the manufactur
ers of other states will complain , but il
looks like a very narrow policy for the
people of Iowa. Its effect will bo te
banish a largo sum of fixed nnd floating
capital , and to destroy the homo markol
for a great amount of barley and corn.
Perhaps in good time these p radical
considerations will bo brought home sc
forcibly to the farmers of Iowa tha'
they will see the mistake of the policy
being pursued and demand something
different.
THE senate passed on Tuesday the
bill to authorize the sale to aliens o
certain mineral lands which had re
coivcd extended discussion. It is rathoi
surprising , in view of the obvious merit
if not the absolute necessity of the
measure , that so many as thirteen vote !
wore cast against it. It has boon showr
by the reports of the governors of nl
the territories in which there are ex
tciibivo mining interests that tlu
operation of the alien land law in it :
application to mining property Imi
boon damaging , and wo can sco no reason
son why such testimony should not be
accepted as conclusive in favor of tlu
bill. This measure leaves the wni
open , as it was before the law of March
1887 , for the investment of foreign cap
ital in the mineral lands or mining
claims in the territories , anel all properties
ortios belonging to such claims , bu
docs not interfere with the provision !
of the alien land law that oxcludof
foreigners from holding largo area
of agricultural lands , which was tin
prime object intended by the law. Tin
idea was to retain the remainder of tin
public domain , which cannot hold ou
many years longer , lor settlement ant
ownership by American citizens , am
this policy has universal approval. Bu
there is no sound reason for aliuttiiif
out foreign capital for the dovolopmon
of mines when it is a matter of experience
once that sufficient American capital
for whatever cause , cannot bo had. Tin
opening up of the mining intoruHts at
tracts population to the territories , am
if foreign capital can help to do this i
would manifestly not bo wise policy t
refuse to allow it to do so , taking , as i
usually has , rather more than it
share of the risks. It is not probabl
the senate bill will have any difficult ;
In getting through the house , and if i
become a law the good effect on tli
mining interests will doubtless b
promptly seen.
EuiioriJAN diplomatic relations ar
something which the average America
cannot fully grasp. The reason is thn
family affairs and politics are so inox
trlcably mixed up. .The present mntri
menial relations of the German famil
is a good point in question. Princ
Bismarck opposed the engagement t
Prince Alexander of Battenborg to Vie
toria , the second daughter of Frederic
III. , on the ground that such a mate
would bo displeasing tp the emperor c
Russia , Alexander , asaposs.iblaclalir
ant to the throne of Bulgaria , marryln
the daughter of the emperor of
many , vould force Bismarck to abandon
its eastern policy. 'Thb result would be
to mnko the Bulgarmn nnd costorr
question a burning brnnd threatening
the peace of Europe , But if the mar
riage were postponed until Iho death ol
Frederick III. , then ns'n ' more sister te
the emperor of Gcjumany , William II.
Unssla could take no grounds for oppos
mg the match between Alexander ant
Victoria. Blbtnarck wpuld then hold te
liis position of neutrality on the Bui
garian issue , and the peace of Europe
would bo preserved. , As , however
Frederick boa consonteel to the match
It would seem that tlio emperor of Rus
sia will not got fighting mnd because
Alexander marries the daughter and
not the sister of the Gorman emperor.
Tun Now York legislature at Albany
is infested with a most corrupt and vie
lous lobby that calls back the dayswhci
Twoedism ruled the stato. There i
not a bill of any importance introduced
into the assembly that has not it
"stranglors" to "kill it" or "hang i
up ; " or its "coaxors" to "kiss" tin
measure and "lubricate" its final pas
sago. Things have got to such a pas
tlmt certain state senators nnd ropre
sontativcs will not "touch" n bill unles
it is backed with money through tin
lobby. It is a standing saying at Albany
that everybody connected with the legislature
islaturo is "on the make. " And tlu
revelations that coma out daily do no
belle the fact.
REOANBKOS. & Co. seem to bo a vor :
peculiar firm. They hold contracts
promises and agreements with the cit ;
as so much chaff.
Spring Jjnml ) Scarce.
ll'all Street A'ctrs.
The bulln think this is about the propc
time to get spring lamb. Hut , alas , th
lambs are scarce.
llhody.
llcconl.
Drunkenness and bribery nt the pqlls
This is n poor showing for the prohilnUoi
state of Rhode Island.
A Firm Mule Market.
St. 7,011 fs Glofcc-Demomtf.
Chairman liarnum is in town , and th
mule market is flrui , owing to increase
speculative demand.
How to llrlbo 'Em.
Alinncaiwlts Tribune.
The man who wants a street railway frar
chlso in Oskaloosa , Kan. , will have to put u ;
caramels , bonnets , ice cream and scalskt ;
cloaks. The mayor nnd council of tha
village are women.
Case of Grounil-Hog.
St. Louts ItciniWtcnn.
Mr. Randall' opposition to the Mills bill i
what is popularly described as a ' 'ground
hog caso" a matter of moat. His place am
the living attached to It are absolutely con
trolled by Pennsylvania republicans , wh
will discharge him whenever he ccoascs t
suit.
Congress * Slow Ways.
Commercial Advertiser.
Ono of thu signs that the Burlingtoi
strike is practically over la that congress 1
about to investigate it. That dull , old lumbering
boring body can generally bo depended on t
put in appearance after other people have go
through and loft. It will bo rcmemborei
that this was so in tho'caso of the Kcadini
strike , and before tlmt in the Missouri Puci
flc trouble. Congress seems to like to dea
with social problems chiefly iu the posl
mortem character.
\Vnntc-a-A Chief Justice.
Kcw York Herald.
A good , strong-headed democrat , nbou
fifty years of ago ; a war democrat , who be
licvcd in fighting when the union was ii
peril , and in peace when there was no peril
no treasonable copperhead or whining re
former , who loft his party because ho couli
not have an office ; ono who has not been
railway lawyer and as a general thing out o
politics ; an American with no views 01
burning questions , but steadily nt work al
his life , and not stricken with mormonlst
affinities , grcenbackory , states' rights , an
the unspeakable nonsense which now un
then rises from our political sewers andovoi
tlows honest lawns and highways ; on
without eloquence or dinner-speaking powci
sure to bo an enervating gift.
The AVoiiiaii'H 1'lntforin.
The Washinpton Post sums up the matter
in which the women's international congres
were substantially agreed , as follows :
1. Unrestricted woman suffrage. Th
abolition of sex from the statute books , wit
the exception of the criminal code.
2. National prohibition. Government ;
monopoly of the manufacture of alcohol !
spirits , with sale confined strictly to use i :
arts , manufactures nnd medicinal purpose ;
a. Kcmnlo control und supervision of feinal
Institutions , penal , reformatory , charitabl
and otherwise.
In all these matters the women of the cour
ell are practically units. The question of su :
frago has not been made unduly promlncn
by the managers ot the council , but it c.imo t
the front with u spontaneity which showe
it to bo the vital first issue , the almost un
versal cry for weapons of reform whic
would not bo put aside.
Decidedly Complimentary.
JJncnln Dailu tt'cics.
Few governors in the United States worse
so unselfishly ns John M. Thayer for the pen
plo. Ho does not stand on his dignity , bu
to-day may bo attending n congress of go\ \
ernors planning to protect the state froi
damage from some contagious disease throug
importation of domestic animals , To-momn
wo find him presiding at some convention dc
signed to help mankind at homo and abroad
Tlio next day ho is at some small countr ,
town assisting them to dedicate n hotel o
in alto successful some benevolent object.
When ho comes homo ho walks from tli
station or uses n street car and is as plain n
the plainest citizen In this city. Alway
kind , always approachable always busy , ;
is surprising how ho gets over so much tei
ritory , does so much work and maintains hi
health. It would .bo hard to find u man wh
would maku as good a governor of a state i
a republican as lion. John M. Thayer.
There Is but ono equal to him within th
knowledge of the News and that Is Govcrnc
Lnrrabeo of Iowa , who Is innch like Govcrnc
Thayer. _
Not n Uluojny ,
ffeu > Yoilt Journal.
'Twos always thought that Jay was blue.
A quiet "little follor ; "
Hut now hit ) bcrtiuuiing letter shows
That ho' a littloyollcr.
STATE .HJTTJNGS.
The Six-bit club is the social limit 1
Fort Robinson ,
A bright red nose is the true signi
for a dark horse.
The school census of Plattsmout
shows up 1,892 shooting Ideas.
A branch of the button brigad
thfoutond to sprout iu Nebraska City.
O'Neill will struggle along for a sot
son with eight saloons and two goner :
stores ,
QTho'Fromont i > pgtofllco will increas
the government Surplus by at least $12-
000 ftils year.
The trees are bursting with sprlng-
Umo gladness nnd the birds anel onrpot-
boaters arc chirping merrily on Jeffer
son Square.
A strdet rnllwny Is being planted In
Rod Cloud. A flock of nowspnpor poul
try was on hand to gluofnlly celebrate
the enterprise.
Mlndon has put on n second class
spring suit of municipal togs , with a
three-storied mayoralty collar , fringed
with genuine nldormen ,
Fifty-five car loads of emigrant poods
were unloaded nt Hav Springs lust
month , nnd the surrounding vales anel
uplands will soon begin to blossom and
bear fruit.
The Nebraska City News calls loudly
for n census , and discounts the result by
asserting that the city has a population
of 10,000. The News is n , close frlond of
truth and poor rollers.
Two important Improvements are
under way in Chudron. The city haa
voted to Invest $35,000 In waterworks on
the gravitation plan , and a$12,000 roller
mill is practically assured.
Plattsmouth Is at peace with man
kind since the pugilistic Pinks were
shorn of $100 each. An unexpected sur
plus in the treasury produces n. calm
that discord cannot penetrate.
The Elkhorn Valley rend threatens to
build through Broken Bow for a guar
antee of $2,600. The proposed will goto
North Plutlo if sufllclont "sugar"can bo
found to sweeten Us pathway.
An idiotic enemy of education broke
into u school In Plattsmouth a few nights
ago nnd smashed all the furniture in the
rooms. A score of fatherly boots are
aching for u , chance to mortise his head
nnd force a ray of light into the vacuum.
The property owners on Main street ,
Fremont , are almost unanimous for
paving , and before many months the
residents will have one secure haven
from the flood tides of mud. Lot tha
good work go on before the enthusiasm
cools.
An Indian arrowhead , cut from n
Hint , was founel the other day nt a dis
tance of ninety feet under gronnel by
some parties digging a well on a farm
about nine miles west of Plattsmouth.
How it got there is a mystery that puz
zles the well-digger.
The Chaelroir papers declare that the
Elkhorn railroad people showed a
healthy hand in the recent elections ,
and attempted to ride roughshod over
the people. The assault produced a
painful perspiration under the collara
of the voters. Brass collars arc not
fashionable thoro.
A young Nebraskan , who correctly
diagnosed the characteristics of the
"Magic City , " was found in Cheyenne ,
Saturday , armed with a razor , a pistol ,
three knives and other implements oi
defense nnd penetration. The kid was
jailed for a season of repose.
The Missouri Pacific has completed
its Nebraska Pacific track to Prosscr ,
the present terminus , eight miles
northwest of Juniata. The regular ex
clusive jiassongor trains on the Hast
ings division will bo put on the 16th
inst. , anel at an early day through
trains will run to St. Louis.
The ton year old son of Marshal Now-
som , of North Bend , while skatingon
the ice near the railroad track a few
wcej < s ago , slipped and fell under a
mo\'ing car. His leg was crushed and
amputated. His strength was insuffi
cient to bravo the shock nnel death
ended his sufferings last Sunday.
It can bo asserted boldly and without
fear of a chestnut yell , that "everything
is running smoothly on the Burlington. '
This is duo to the fact that the junk
pile in Plattsmouth has reached the pro
portions of a monument to imported
competency. The remnants of an en
gine anel llvo cars wcro added to the
pile last Saturday.
Con Connors , of Plattsmouth , ono of
the largo hearted striking engineers , is
quietly building a broad guago road on
good eleeds to the pearly gates. Last
Saturday a trunk full of wearing ap-
uarcl anel family keepsakes were seized
from a widow for debt. Mr. Connors
purchased the trunk nnd its contents
and made the widow happy by return
ing It to her.
Richard Turner , the man who venti
lated his head and chest with bullets ,
near Grand Island , Sunday , is expccteet
to recover. Turner is a robust man of
fifty-six , and has not the appearance of
a dissipated man. The revolver was
held so clobo to his body when the shots
wcro fired that the skin of the chest
and the hair of his head were partially
burned. Poverty and the cold uncov
ered shoulder of the world are the
causes assigned for the attempt at self-
destruction.
Railroad N
rASSKNGKll ASSOCIATION .
The Passenger Association of Kansas and
Nebraska , which is composed of the passen
ger agent * } of the various lines of railroads
in the two states , hold a session in Mr.
Kustls' ofllce in the B. & M. headquarters
yesterday. At the meeting the rates
governing excursions , etc , and pcnoral busi
ness of the passenger trafllc for the ensuing
summer was decided upon.
Among tlio passenger agents present are
the following : 1 * . S. Eustis and J. Francis ,
11. &M. ; J. W. Seott , Union Pacific ; J. H.
Huclmimn , Fremont , Elkhoni & Missouri
Valley ; H , L. Winchcll , assistant general
passenger agent Kansas City , St. Joseph &
Council niulTs ; B. t ) . CuldwullMissouri Pa-
cifio ; Frank Milllgan , St. Joseph & Grand
Island , and George W. Dubock , of the Kan
sas Southern and Atchlson , Topckb & Santa
Fo , who Is secretory of the association.
IIAII.UOAl ) NOTK3 AND 1'CIISOXAI.S.
G. A. Fenton , passenger agent of the
Utah & Nevada , is in the city.
A. 11. Newton , traveling passenger agent
of the Kansas City , Fort Seott & Gulf road.
Is in the city on business connected
with his rond.
The Chicago & Alton makes the rate on
lumber to Kansas City 13) ) cents , while the
rate to Omaha on other roads Is 10 cents.
The Chicago & Alton is evidently a good
road for Kansas city lumber dealers ,
H. C. Stevens , traveling agent of the
Commercial express line , ia the city.
C. A. Barnard of the Ohio & Mississippi is
In the city and Is looking up stray cars
belonging to his rend ,
J. T. Dwyer , freight agent of the Kanka-
koo line , arrived In the city yesterday after
noon.
Train No.5 on tlio UnionfPaclflewhich leaves
for points west ut 5 o'clock schedul clime ,
was hold twenty minutes yesterday after
noon In order to give passengers from Grand
Island , Fremont , Columbus und other points
who attend the Hooth-Iiarrctt matinee
an opportunity of getting homo In th even
ing.
General Manager McCool , formerly of the
St. Joseph & Urand Island , but now with the
California Southern and California Central ,
has Issued a circular stating that the oil ice of
general superintendent on those lines Is abel
ished. Assistant Superintendent Gait's
headquarters have been removed from L < oa
Angeles to Sun Durnardino.
W. N. Burrull. who IMS been connected
with the supply department of the Union Pa
cific for some time , loft lust night for Port
land , Ore. , to accept a pasition with the Oro-
Eon Hullroad & Navigation company.
Atwood station , sixty-four miles west ol
Julcsborg , has been opened as a regulai
passenger btatlon , with W. W. Froino ns
agent.
A PlBlmiicst 8\Vflr ,
RAPID CITV , Dak. , April 11. [ Special Tel
egram to the but. ] Last nlyht John 1'aul
ulck robbed the trunk of another Swede , ol
Dead wood , and absconded. Ho was captured
to-day at Huffulo Gap , und will betaken bacli
to | ) eudwooU to-morrow. Ho secured f5C
in money.
AMUSRMKNJS.
Close of the Booth nd DArrott'a En
BftRoinpnt 1/nM. Night.
Lust night Messrs. Booth nnd Barret
closed the most successful engagement ai
well n $ the most notable event in the drn
malic history of Omahn , with their mmlcr
ful performance of Shakespeare's tragedy
"Macbeth. " The house was pncfcod to thi
doors , nnd ns much interest was shown ir
the play sis iu any of the engagement. The
story of Macbeth nnd his ambitious wife pro
scnts ono of the strongest nnd most powerfa
lectures on ethical anatomy that wn evci
wrought out by the creative ponlus of man
One pees to see this wonderful drama t <
study the operation of evil counsel , cominj
In an occult and forbidden way , upon a nature
uro not intrinsically vicious Indeed a nature
which under ordinary circumstances would
have led up to n llfo of probity and excel
lonce. The supernatural agencies inlhunc
his ambition ; and the partner of his bosom
gives strength nnd actuality to tholr ovll
counsels by successfully tempting him to hi ;
ruin. Mr , Booth , In depicting the process ol
"Mncbeth's" transition from the ways ol
virtue to the very plnnnclo ol
guilt , gives a most striking interpretation ,
"Infirm of purpose" nt first , ho gradually
comes , through successive crimes , to thn !
dcsperato stage nt which ho hail "stepped Ir
blood so far , that should ho go no more , re
turning wore ns tedious ns go o'er , " His
bloody hands , nt which ho stood aghast when
ho was young ia crime , trouble him no more
when ho realizes tlmt , to maintain a throne
got by murder , lie must continue to dlspateli
all who question hl title. In some of the
passages Mr. Booth showed a very delicate
nnd searching appreciation of the almost In-
scrutnblo ideas of his author. Instead ol
Bnnquo'8 ghost mmdenly appearing In the
banquet scene. Mr. Booth conjures It up In
his mind and addresses vacancy In his par
oxysms of terror. This Is consistent wltli
the dagger scene , where the weapons nro n
"fnlso ereiituro proceeding from the heat
oppressed brain. " It gives the actor n bet
tor chnnco to develop his power , mid to carri
his audience- with him without the old of the
corporeal presence of Bunquo. To sun :
up this fine cftort of Mr. Booth he
gave a representation of"Macbeth" last nlgli
which , from beginning to end , was without
flaw , and which stands out as ono of the
greatest impersonations of the stage of to
any.
any.Sir1
Sir1 Barrett gave ) a very strong and nc
cepUblo personation of MucdufT , and showed
him the great actor that ho is in the intensely
fooliug niiiunor in which ho rendered the
very touching scene between himself niu :
Mulcom , interrupted by the terrible news ol
the murder of "of all his llttlo chickens and
their dam" by the fell monster.
As usual the details of Betting wcro ncg
lected and the Omaha part of the audience
wcro treated to the performance in front ol
the familiar scenery. What people , all
through the country , have been led to expect
from Mr. Barrett's reputation ns a singe
manager was something in the way of special
scenery , but in this respect they hava entirely -
tirely neglected their performances and the
pieces have ocen produced with no furthei
attraction than the noting of tho-two great
stars and their cfllcient support. Audiences
have a right to expect that the company pro
ducing the plccess , for which such n liberal
prieo is asked , will dress up the stage a little
and use a bit of furniture that will nt least
hint at the titno when the action is supposed
to take place. The local manager with his
small margin of such an engagement cannot
bo expected to furnish the historical belong-
incs to nn extensive legitimate repertoire ,
and it is a piece of short slghtcdiicss on the
part of the management of the Booth and
Barrett season that the recollection of tholr
engagement does not leave -thoroughlj
wholesome taste in tha mouths of the people
who paid high prices for seats.
The matinco was nearly as well patronized
ns any performance of the engagement ,
many people from out of town inking ad
vantage of the opportunity to BOO the per
formance without having to remain over
night. Mr. Booth's impersonation of "Ham
let" is as full of the character of the uctor
ns the actor is of the role , and the perform
ance simply repeated the saying that Booth
is "Hamlet. "
Probably Omaha thcatro goers will never
again have an opportunity of seeing the two
greatest actors of the American stage ii ;
any thcatro in a conjunctive performance oi
the great tragedies , consequently they should
be grateful in a proportionate scnso to the
amount of instruction or entertainment thei
derived.
TI1K BUICKLnVYKUS' ANSWEB.
They Olnlni to bo Gentlemen , nnel
Dounel to "Win.
The following address has been Issued bj
the bricklayers' union in response to n reso
lution of the contractors that the latter
would have no further controversy with
their former employes :
To the Public : AVe nro extremely sorry to
say the bricklayers' strike is still raging , but
not from any fault of ours. This
union is formed of residents of this
city , 400 strong , many of whom nro
property owners who are trying earnestly
and honestly to hold their rights among the
many trusts , associations nnd exchanges that
arc being formed to down them in the lust
week. The public can readily see in what
manner we have acted , have taken the con
tractors' Insults without rfeply , and when wo
learned that wo had not met the fastidious
taste of the said union by our respectful re
quest to meet them , wo then , In order to
find out what the combination meant , sent
from our union , by our secretary , u private
respectful lequest to their secretary , the
answer to which nil will see in the daily
papers of to day.
Wo do not feel hurt hccauso they Ignore us
BO much us not to answer our pnvato com
munication privately as they did nt our re
quest ; it is all wo could expect from n union
that has no principal whatever. Why will
they not meet us and discuss matters ! Are
they afralel of the workiiiBinan indobalol
Wo are ready to bo shown that wo nro
wrong ; and us wo have been gentlemen
throughout and wil give in gracefully when
they find courage as men to moot us nnd con
vince us that wo are wrong ; but meanwhile
wo nro compelled to stand out nt our first
proposal which is always open for honorable
debate. Such management is dully awarded
by substantial assistancennd can stand as
wo nro the season through.
Now , who is cutting their noses off for
Bpito ! Who is to blame for damages done
our booming city I If any reasonable * man
can p6int out where wo uro wrong wo will
readily give In , and wo beg of till that are not
interested 10 Imperfectly ijuiot mid lot Jus
tice have her proper course.
Why not appeal to thi > contractors to glvo
in rather than the bricklayers , whom you uro
nil convinced are right t Is it because you
think wo uro weakened , or Jliablo to 1)0 ? 11
so , you uro hunoiiHly mistaken. Wo can hold
our stand until people , thu public or tlio eon-
tractors'union ( the other nro the only body
which oppose ) run gather courage to meet us ,
whether it bo this month or thus season. Wo
uro extremely sorry matters stand us they do ,
but wo are bound hand und fuot and don't
propose to give up until wo know wo are
wrong. Our rights wo must have , nnd wo
cannot bo crushed by any such underhanded
tlcullngs that have been tried. Wo propose
to win as men , ns gentlomun , und uro eix-
tremly sorry should any suffer In any man
ner whatever. Wo cannot ussist the tpublio
hcHiuubo but few will accept of it , but arohtill
ready to assist uny mid nil , AVe well know
the season has not opened yet , as the presi
dent of the contractors' union has emo Job
running , and proposes to center a fight such
us this on that ono Job ulono.
Wo understand the situation perfectly.
The frost 1s lust leaving the ground , and In n
month wo will bo In the building season , hut
until then wo cunnot csxpect a settlement.
Until tlio conn-actors uro ready to moot us
und ewmo to n pcntlctmanly Bcttloment mat
ters must stand ns they nro.
Now wo do not wish the public nor the con-
tractorti' union to suppose tlmt wo are on the
verge of giving up because wo are attempt
ing to settle. All hud as well ojwjn their eyes
to Iho fact that the onckluyers cun mamign
und win a light much harder than this dan )
bo , and at the same time bo gentlemen.
Show thorn the way to assist the public und
not have their fight for rights bo n detriment
to the city , und you will see them gladly do
all they can , 4K ) strong , if necessary.
Mr. John if. Coots stated on lust Friday in
the Unu it wus not a question of wages , but
of treatment from the bricklayers. In God'
numet what does the man want ) Men who
dislike to work for such tyrants as ho
are not to be compelled to do so , and he ,
with his union for the suppression of labor
rights , will find they tmve not , the ruling
power , compelling juiovle'ln a free country to
bow .to their unmerciful demands. Wo can
no more compel our union members to re
spect theno poopltf than lift can compel .0nt
o this officers to modify 'his slntomonta to
something like these of n gentleman. His
"Not by a - sight I" jshown in their Itst
bluff how despcrnto ho It , Now , all of os
who nro property owner * will sludly dlsposa
of our property nnd our citiscnthlp of Omaha
before we will dispose of our honest opinions
mid manly feelings , nml neck homes elsewhere -
whore , whore uicn arc mon.
BlUCKtATBKS1 Uj 10X.
Tlio Stnto National's Trouble.
Yesterday a Bun reporter visited
the Stflto Notional bank nnd fount !
the curtains of the front
doors pulled down ami ono of them bearing
the following : "By resolution of the board
of directors this bank is In the hands of the
comptroller of the currency. " The doors
were not locked , however , nnd upon
entering the bank the roiwrtor
found Cashier McFnddon behind the
desk with Mr. Grlftlth counting a
big roll of greenbacks. The latter was asked
to state what amount of illegal security had
been offered for the stock which had boon
transferred by Mr. Lyon to Mr. Whaloy.
The answer was courteously declined , Mr.
Griffith stating that nt this tluio It would not
ho consistent with his duties to make the mat
ter public. The bank , when in Iowa , wns
known ns the Commercial National of Mar-
shalltown , nnd since Its removal hero had
done but llttlo business. It's former presi
dent , Mr. lyon , did not secin to push
the Institution forward to the attention of
the public , nnd being under the manage
ment of strangers the enterprise did not
seem to in any manner detract from the
business of the older Institutions.
What the nnturo of the objec-
tlonubio security was Mr.o Griffiths | also
declined to stnto. There were several gen
tlemen In the ofllco at the time who anxiously
inquired for tholr deposits , but were tol'd
that , because of the bank's bolng in the hand
of the comptroller , none of tholr money
could bo advanced to thorn. Attorney Am
brose was ono of these. Ho woke up with
fifty ccnta In his pocket nnd went to huvo
tlmt munificent sum reinforced , but failed ia
the attempt.
"What further Is to bo done In tlio prom-
isest" nskcd the reporter.
"I shall continue my work of examination , "
said Mr. GrlOlths , "nnd check up everything
in the bank. That will take about thrco
weeks , nnd I shall then forward the showing
to the comptroller of the currency. The
matter will bo examined by him. nud ho will
then appoint n receiver who will come hero
nnd close up the affairs of the bank. Deposi
tors will then make proof of tholr deposits ,
and after n notice of ninety days , required ,
the receiver will pay to the depositors what
may be shown to belong to them. J have no
doubt that every depositor will bo paid in
full. You may nlso state that this affair
will in no way effect the other banks. "
Mr. Whaloytho | present ( president , could
not bo seen , nnd his predecessor , Mr. Lyon ,
is In California. Whaloy bought his atoclt
from the latter nnd Mr. McFndden , who h
still cashier of the institution. Whaloy It
also president of the Sherman County bank ,
at Loup City , from which , It is thought , ho
brought some business to the Stuto National.
It is thought the former will in some way ho
effected by the condition of things.
"When the receiver closes up the affairs of
the institution , that will bo the end of tha
bank , will it not ? "
"Tho bank would not bo allowed to con
tinue , " said Mr. Griffiths , "unless it should
bo able to pay up every cent it owes to de
positors nnd stockholders. " At present it
scorns as if the latter might lese a little.
The deposits nrc nearly $100,000.
Licttlic KlKht of Conscience Alono.
A'eu > Yoilt Mercury ,
Tbero must bo n freedom of thought
in this country. The foelornl constitu
tion prohibits congress from interfering
with the frco exorcise of religion. Tha
constitution of the state of Now York ii
even moro explicit anel generous. H
says : "Tlio freo. exercise anil enjoyment -
mont of religious profession nnd wor
ship , without discrimination or prefer
ence , shall forever bo allowed in this
state to all mankind , " and while such
liberty of opinion and liberty of con
science in religious matters shall ren
der no witness incompetent , they must
not bo inconsistent with the peace or
safety of the state. Any belief in the
future immortality of man or in the ex
istence of a supreme intelligence is n
religious belief. In violation of the
federal constitution congress perse
cuted the Mormons as to one of their
relations which in the Abrahnmio daya
wns regarded ns moral. No American
should defend polygamy , but the matter
ought to have boon settled by Utah ,
which is rapidly filling up with mono
gamists. In this s tate , the Oneldu
society was properly made to under
stand that it could not , unelor cover of
the right to conscientious belief , violate
late tlio constitution , which declares
that liberty of conscience "ahull not bo
construed as to oxouso licentiousness. "
It has always been the fnsliion and the
cublora of the orthodox , so culled , to
persecute the heterodox BO called.
Kuropoan and Mohammedan history is
full of bloody poiwoutions for religious
belief. In thin country the Puritans
ran Uojior Williams , the Baptist , into
the wilds of Uhodo Island , and in Vir
ginia the adherents of Williams were
relieved by the eloquence of Patrick
Henry from the persecutions of the ad-
horoiits of the church of England. From
Nero to Charles IX , from Charles to Iho
Tudors , people were poi-Bccutod
for religious opinions. This ago ia
against any Hpiritcof intolerance.
This country protects all religions hold.
as ouV constitution declares , by "all
mankind. " Spiritualism , which has
grown to great proportion all over the
United States , is a moral and peaceful
religion. There are millions of people
of both Hexed , who would bo implicitly
believed in any court , ready to swear
that they huvo oilhorbcon or had direct
orIindire'.Mt communication with friondn
and relations who have pasfcd out of
our life. Men of great learning , of
biihiness shrewdness and success , and
women of high purity are embraced In
the millions. Their word is quitei
as good as . the word of
persons who say they never
biiw or held communication with de-
censed human beings. The president
of Kraiu'o , Cornet , IB a pronounced spir-
itualiht. H is bald that the great analy
tical rouboner , John C. Calnoun , was aNew
Now Churchman , or so-callud Swcdon-
borgian. William Ilowitt and Mrs.
Browning hold equally unorthodox
views , There uro mem { .of Iho pro
fessions in Now York who hold
such views , and no ono acquainted
with them regard thorn UH lesa practical
nnd trustworthy than other businoHS
men. Tlioy are to bo found all over the
union. Just now there is a howl ever
the bollof of Luther H. Mareh. Mr.
Mr. Marsh may bo imposed on by Mad
ame Dibs Debar. That does not alfoct
the fact tlr.it ho is not to ho hold cimy
boi-aiiM ) ho believes in spiritualism. Ono
of the brightest judges of the Federal
judiciary is in the enme bemt with Mi1.
March. His belief duos not Impair his
eminent ubcfulnobs as a judge any meiro
than the belief of Mr. Murt.lt alfectshia
competency for the chairmanship ol the
park cominibsion , or the belief of Mr.
Kidder disqualified him for the faupur-
iutondonuy of publlo schools. Ingcfroll
laughs at Iho believers in the bible nud
itd narration of spiritualism \arloua
phuscs. It is not creditable for people
to laugh in turn with Ingorsoll at mod
ern spiritJiillBin. There is no sense in
the laughing. Let people believe juut
what they please , und let people do a
they please with the money they hnvo
madeJ With their hund labor. This la u
free country.