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IV Minister Phelps succc.ods Chicl
Justice Waite , who is golnp to stop intc
Mr. Pholj)3' shoes at St. Jumos ?
Tnosu Central Labor Union rosolu/
tlons have proved a. boomerang for the
federated bogus workingmcn that con
cocted them.
WHAT has bccomu of the extensive
improvements that were to bo mad (
this spring in beautifying the syndicate
park near South Twenty-fourth street ;
THIS chief clerk of the treasury do
partmcnt at Athens has embezzled one
million dollars of government funds
Stealing at thin rate will not leave ovet
a Greece spot in the exchequer.
ACCOUDINO to the Washington corre
spondent of the St. Louis Globe-Demo
crat , Congressman McShano got a clear
scoop on our'senators in the order to remove -
move the Niobrara land oflico to O'Neill
WHAT has the admission of Dakotr
got to do , anyway , with the returning
board squabble of 1876 ? And yet demo
cratic senators want to make politica
capital out of it and make Dakota suftci
for imaginary sins.
THE entire democratic party of tin
state of Vermont is going to the St
Louis convention. .One small hod hai
hocn engaged at the leading hotel am
that accommodation will bo ample t <
receive the whole delegation.
WouidNGMEN have a right ti
withhold their labor and usi
all peaceable means to onforci
their demands upon employers. Bu
the public sympathy is withdrawn fron
them whenever they attempt to carri
their point by personal violence or de
struction of property. This should im
press itself upon every wnge-workoi
under all conditions and circumstances
"WJt.1 . , any of our local contcmporaric
that published those roasting rcsolu
tions of the Central Labor Union kindli
inform us what this federation of trade
is composed of , who its ollicors lire , hov
many members were present lust Mou
day , and who offered those resolutions' '
Will they have the decency and cour
tesy to contradict the bare-faced libel
embodied in those resolutions ?
TlIK committee of arrangements fo
the Chicsigo convention hasannouncei
that no Chicago contributor who ha
subscribed less than $50 to the convention
tion fund would receive a ticket. "Tin
puts the price of admission rather high
ut the entertainment is tobofirst-clas
' , ln every particular. Gilmoro's lmn <
will probably bo there to sootli tin
savage breasts of contending politicians
MOHE brick buildings and fowe
frames should bo constructed horeafto ;
in Omaha. The chief obstacle hereto
fore has boon the high prices and scat-
city of brick. The time is at ham
when brick will bo abundant and muel
cheaper than over. The cheapening o
brick should bo an incentive for build
ing not only brick stores and faotorioi
but brick residences. A frame lioubi
always has an unsubstantial appear
anco.
IN comparison with the correspond ! iif
week of last year , the bank clearings al
through the country , with but isolate <
exceptions , show u decrease for th <
week ending April 14. Now York lead
off with a' decrease of 21 per cent , when
the absences of activity on the exchanges
changes was seriously felt on the aggregate
gate clearings.s the general volume
of business for the week indicated it
the clearings was about the same aa las
year , it would seem that bank clearing
are not always an exact index of tin
Btntc.of trjido ,
Tim now management of tho'Chicngi
Times is making improvements in tha
journal which have already had tollhij
effect on Its prosperity. Tie latog
change has given the paper a more sym
metrical form , and with ita romodolei
typography the Times is materially im
proved in appearance. The always ox
collout news features of the paper an
fully maintained , its editorial column
are characterized by a bettor sniHt thai
formerly , and on the whole the pape :
gives evidence of having-fallen int <
most competent hands. It may 'ho remarked
marked , also , that the 2T iea continue ;
a monument to the fame of W. P. Story
whoso name is still carried conspiuu
DUfily at the hand of the editorial pace
Wasted tiabor.
It is announced that tha foreign rela
tions committee ot the senate will re
port adversely to the fisheries treaty
and it ia believed the refusal of the senate
ate to ratify the arrangement is as
sured. This will bo a considerable die
appointment to those who had hopcel
that the questions covered by the trcatj
would bo removed from controvcrsyam :
thcso constitute a largo majority of the
people of this country , and wo boli * vt
of Canada also. So far as our own pea
plo are concerned , -with the oxceptior
of those engaged in the fishing inter
ests and such as sympathised with them
they had grown very tired of the fish
ery dispute. Admitting that there is r
prlnciploinvolvetf of some slight inter
national importance , and granting thai
Canada has not shown a nropor rogan :
for lior treaty obligations , yet the groal
majority of our people have felt thai
the interests involved arc not of fliicli
importance as to warrant the amount ol
controversy thai has been expended
over them , while they have also fell
that if our rights wcro being disre
garded or denied by our neighbors the
plain duty of the government was to use
its power to enforce them , and not keoj :
up an endless bickering with Canada ,
The method adopted by the administra
tion to bring the dldicully to a settle
ment was perhaps a little irregular
but the country , ujpall of it except t
portion of Now England , was willing te
approve almost anything that would as
sure a fair and permanent settle
ment. The British government soni
its representative in the porsoi
of Mr. Chamberlain , who approvot
himself entirely acceptable , being in
clined to an arrangement which while
fair to both countries would tend to in
crease friendly relations not only be
tween the United States and Canada
but aa well between this country ant
England. A spirit of reasonable concession -
cession prevailed on both sides , and the
treaty submitted is probably as fair ami
equitable as it is possible to make it ,
There is no question that if ratified bj
the senate it would bo approved by the
British government.
As there are objectors in Canada whc
regard the treaty as surrendering Can
adian rights , so in this country the op
position to it is on the alleged groutu
'that it surrenders American rights
Perhaps no bettor argument could be
presented than this fact in evidence o
the general fairness of the treaty. The
opposition on each side comes from thosi
who would demand more than would hi
Just to the other side , or from such a
want a plausible pretext to oppose tin
treaty because there may he politica
capital in doing so. This motive i
operative in Canada asvoll as hero
and it cannot fairly bo questioned tha
if the treaty fails of ratification by tin
senate it will bo largely duo to this mo
tivo. Failure will bo unfortunate fo
the reason that in leaving this disputi
unsettled the tendency will bo to aggravate
vato the hostile sentiment of both sides
and thus lcad to action that may ovcntu
ally cnd'angor the peace of the twi
countries. The Canadian governmon
may of course bo oxpcetod to renew it
former policy , the exasperating ef
fect of which is well remerti
bercd , and this would undoubtedly
bo met by the retaliatory coursi
which the president ib empowered ly
act of congress to adopt. It is easy t <
see whore such proceedings would b <
liable to lead. It is said the democrat !
in the senate will make a vigorous otfor
in behalf of the treaty , though a few o
them are counted against it , but if the
matter is to bo determined on purt.i
lines the failure of the treaty is certain
A Now Phase of the Strike.
The findings of the Iowa railroai
commissioners in the Crcston wreck investigation
vostigation are a commentary on tin
wretched management of the Burling
ton road on its Iowa division. The con
current testimony shows that the engineer
gineer and conductor of one of tin
freight trains that had collided witl
the fast mail train had bpon on dut ;
for over fifty hours , and wcro completely
plotoly broken down for want of rest
Why should not the managers of tin
roael bo hold responsible for con
tributary negligence , for jcopardizini
the lives of employes and passengers
and the destruction by fire of thoUnitei
States mailsV What excuse can an ;
railway manager offer for forcing con
ductors and engineers 19 remain on active
ivo duty for more than forty-eight hour
at a stretch ? If. the company is shor
of competent conductors and onginooi-i
why do they not lay their freight train
off rather than run thorn with men win
fall asleep on their engines ? This is i
feature of the strike that appeal
urgently for the intervention of the lowi
railway commission as well as the post
ollico department.
As AN example to our citizens wha
other cities of the .west are doing fo
the purpose of securing iniuiufuoturiiij
outer-prises , the great exertions madi
by St. Paul , Minn. , to induce the In
dianapolis car works to locate thorqma ;
bo mentioned. The capitalists of St
Panlolfor as inducements to the Indian
apolls , firm (1) ( ) $30,000 for the building
in Indianapolis , the company to koo ]
the property and to dispose of it ns i
may sco fit ; ( - ) transportation of stool
and machinery to St. Piurt to bo paid
(3 ( } price of fuel to ho made equal I
cost of natural gas at Indianapolis ; (4 (
buildings equal to those occupied in In
dianapolis to be erected on twenty aero
of ground donated to the company ; ( Gi )
certain cash bonus for every employ *
who accompanies the works and locate
at St. Paul ; (0) ( ) no taxes for ton years
The works are said to employ over 60' '
men and are ono of the leading Industries
trios of Indianapolis. The bonus whicl
St. Paul offers is enough to makeOmuhi
open her eyes. By the way , what wouli
wo offer for the plant ?
IT is an outrage , in the opinion o
Congressman Oates , of Alabama , ti
compel those who lost in the rebcllioi
to pay the coat of their subjugation
This is not in accord with the view tha
has prevailed with mankind since society
cioty became organized into states ane
nations. All through history the loser
in war have had to pay the esost of thel
subjugation , and tha verdict of al
nations Iui3 approved thu principle. A
J iwA. < _ i. * j.
to Iho people of the south , however ,
they hnvo not paid nnd will not pay ono-
tenth the cost of keeping that section In
the union , The cotton tnx , which Mr.
Oalcs dbmantls shall "bo returned It the
money collected under the direct tax
shall ho given hack to the states that
paid it , was n more trifle in the cost ol
the rebellion , and everybody knows
that the south haa not contrib
uted ono-l-enth of what haa
been paid in liquidation of the public
debt. It is perhaps entirely safe to say
that the states which engaged in re
bellion do not all together contribute
aa much to the support of tlio govern
ment and for paying the coat of the war
as doca the state of Now York. Such
an observation aa that of Mr. Oatcs ie
therefore obviously absurd , but when n
representative gets the sonatoriarboo
in his hat , as the Alabama gentleman ie
said to have , the buzzing is very likely
to interfere with that calm and rational
rollection so necessary to wise conclu
sions and discreet speech.
THE republicans of Ohio in their
slate convention have inserted in thoii
platform a resolution presenting the
name of Senator Sherman as eminently
qualified for the ollico of president and
pledging. Ohio's delegates to the na
tional convention to use all honorable
means tp secure hla nomination. This
action ought to go far in refutation ol
the reports industriously circulated
that the Buckeye republicans are nol
harmonious in support of Mr. Sherman ,
yet such ropdrts will undoubtedly con
tinue to bo sent out. There is nothing
more certain than that at the outset the
Ohio delegation will bo solid for Sher
man , but thnt haa boon the case before ,
and the question is how long will it re
main solid. It is this question which
throws a shadow upon the chances ol
the Ohio senator nnd is being used tc
his disadvantage elsewhere.
Foil some time ill-feeling has boon
brewing between Franco and Italy , es
pecially along the border counties. ,
whiclf haa manifested itself in prohibit
ing the importation of each 'others
goods. This tariff war works consider
able injury to these industries of oacli
country which depend upon the trade
of the other. But the contest ia cheapoi
than going into a bloody war , and the
satisfaction of injuring each others
trade is looked upon as victories. The
United States is interested in the mat
ter as it extends the sale of our meal
products in Franco and American tex
tiles in Italy. And as the tariff wai
grows hotter , our exports are getting
into markets where they had never before
fore gained u foothold.
TlIK nomination of H. B. Levering te
succeed General N. P. Banks , as Uniteel
States marshal for the Bobton district ,
leaves the democratic party of Massa
chusetts without enough timber tc
build a candidate for governor. Con
gressman Leopold Mor&o , however , if
ambitious to contest the seat. Evci
since his first election to congress , lor
years ago , ho has boon laying his plans
to capture the nomination. If Govornoi
Ames is renominatcd , Mr. Morseinaj
give him u hard rub. Buttho republican !
are quietly looking about for agovernoi
of the old approved standard who will
bo able to carry every district outside o :
Boston and leave Mr. Morse far in the
roar.
VOICE 0V TI1K STATE PKKSS.
The Fremont Tribune llguresout that "tin
not earnings of the Burlington road on iti
main line for the last year reported is showt
to bo ? l'J,7Sa per milo. It is highly probabl *
that the not earnings for the current ycai
will not reach that sum. The scabs havi
used up too many engines. "
The York Times , n paper of close nnd care
ful observation , says : "Mr. Laira will notbi
renominatcd. Ills geese is , everlastingly
cooked , nnd ho will find it-out. The wises
of his friends have seen the hand-writinc
and have taken In the situation. They wll
advise-him not to run. Ho nmy make t'ni
attempt but thcro is positively a very slin
chance for him. "
The Grand Island Times says that a traveler
olor "who is now sailing o'er life's solcmi
main Is surprised at the unanimity witl
which the people of the entire west. Join h
the woru of cursing the mall service. Ncarl ;
every man has resolved himself into an In
dignntlon meeting , even democrats helping
to swell the chorus. "
The Sherman County Times sajyi : "Gov
crnor Thuyer recently enjoyed several dnyi
as the guest of Superintendent J. T. Mai
lalllcu , of the state Industrial school , a' '
Kearney , nnd is lavish m words of praise foi
tlio manner in which the great Institution ii
managed , and with the wonderful ability o
thu superintendent to conduct It on the
family plan. This Is ono institution prcsldei
over by the right person. "
The West Point Progress submits thli
statement and query ! "A litigant who , dur
ing the progress of : t trial in n suit ngalnst c
railroad company , treats ono of the jurors
will upon motion of the company have hit
vordlet set usldo by n Judge who rld.cs ovci
the company's road on n free pass a whole
year. Would a verillct in favor .of n railroiu ;
company bo set usldo bccuuso the jurors whc
rendered it had free passes ever the road ? "
The Hastings Democrat , after reading the
election returns from Nebraska towns ami
hearing from Iowa nml Kansas , inclines te
the belief that "tho submission of the prohl <
bltlon question at this tlmo In the face of the
results of tno Into election would demon-
atrato the /act that Nebraska IB not \vlllinj
to undergo the trials of Iowa , Kansas nnc
other prohibition states. The recent clcctlot
has plainly demonstrated that high license is
the bout method of controlling the Hquoi
trafllo. "
The Grcshnm Review finds place for thli
idea concerning the Chicago convention ; "Sc
far as can bo Judged by expressions of lead
Ing republicans and of the republican pres :
of the state , there is no desire anywhere te
send an instructed delegation frrfm Nebraska
to the Chicago convention. Neither Is It the
dcsiro to send delegates so sot la their indl
vidual preferences that they will not bo In
financed by party considerations. The do
slro of the masses of republicans is that met :
who have mode a record as workers , ami
who place party above cuidiJate , and will
work for the party instead of in the interest !
of aspirants for the nomination , shall be
chosen , "
FOhlTIOAl * 1'OINTS.
The New Haven Noxvs thinks "it looks :
little more Ilka Sherman as the days go by. "
Out In Iowa they call Senator > Vllliaiim
AllUoa the Gladstone of America , and the
Chicago Times ( hid. ) regards the comparison
as not inappropriate.
The Oil City Derrick "orpan of ol"-r
thinks Mr. Cleveland "is as easy a man tc
whip as tiny In the party , slnpo ha hai
given himself up sa completely to the Cob
dcnltcs. " L 4
The firm hold wf icjji the rcpubp'cftn cluli
1ms taken nixm the masse * of the party xvns
shown by the cJjtUtislastlo gathering In
Springfield , 111. nlRiols is not nn excep
tional coso. The work of organizing clubs
nnd spreading republican ideas and doctrines
Is going on bravely Jn all quarters ot the
union.
The Baltimore American ( rep. ) recalls the
fact that when Mr.wincoln Was first nomi
nated Simon Caiuarqn was a presidential
possibility , nnd adfll : "Now Senator Cauv
cron , the son of Simon , Is a favorite of Penn
sylvania nnd may figure In convention as hi !
father did before him. "
The Quincy (111. ( ) Hcrnlrt ( dcm. ) makes the
assertion that General John C. Black -would
poll moro votes for the vlco presidency than
nn Indiana man. Tbo Herald snys that ho h
well known in Indiana , having boon with ati
Indiana regiment during the war nnd hi !
residence being near the state lino.
Grcsham'a boom u expanding all along the
line in the far northwest. The opinion ol
many of the republican papers on the coast Is
voiced by the Portland Orcgontan when It
says : "Grcshnm Is rapidly growing In favor
as a presidential candidate. A common ox
prcsslon Is , 'Ho would run llko Garfleld. And
so ho would. "
The Philadelphia Press ( Rep. ) Ilmvmg ob
tallied the responses ot the republican count }
committees of Pennsylvania to tbo question
ns to their presidential cholco now thnt Mr.
Blalno is out of the field , sums up the rcsull
as follows : "There is no concentration ol
opinion whatever. The cholco of the chairmen
mon Is divided between Senators Cameron
Sherman , Harrison , Allison and Quay , Mr ,
Dopow , Judge Groshatn nud others.
Much interest is felt throughout the coun
try relative to the Rhode Islanel state olcc
tlon , which occurs on April 4 next. The facl
that the democrats elected their governor lasi
year by a plurality of nearly thrco thousaue
votes makes the democracy hopoful.nlthougl :
Ulnlno carried the state by over six thou
sand plurality. At all events , this , the firs
state election of the presidential year , will
biirlookcd upon as a big "slraby all the
politicians. "
The fight the republicans of Louisiana are
making for success in the state elections noxl
month is held by the Albany Journal to bo of
far greater interest as regards the national
election than the republican party rcali/cs ,
The Journal says : -Upon it may bingo the
result of the presidential election. A good
general prepares to take advantage of every
favorable opportunity. Tlio republican partj
needs good generalship. It should begin to
watch its chances nowand to take cvory one
it con find. "
General Harrison , of Indiana , got a columr
double-leaded boom for the presidency in the
Indianapolis Journal. Hero is the nub of the
article : "Wo challenge comparison of this
record for popularly. ' , With an unblemished
character , the vastlmjorlty of the republi
cans of Indiana snykj'Noininuto General Harrison
risen for the presidency and ho will carry In
dlann.1 Ho has boeji tried ; his strength before
fore the people has been tested , nnd the re
publicans of the stat'c vvant him nominated. '
Blaine out of tlio' gld as a candidate is not
Blalno politically dca § by any means accord
ing to the republican l > ross. Ho is orpectec
to fight In'hls sliirtllpeves as ho used to dc
in Maine. Says thenps * Molnes Register or
this point : "Veryftnuch elcpcnds on Mr
Blaine whether wo'shall huvo a rcpubllcar
elected this year. Aifil every republican ir
the laud , whethcj jiilaina or nntl-Blaino ,
thrills with delight and is strong with conil-
denco because ho kn'pU-s that party depend
ence on Blumo Is safer and sure. "
Most republican nndmany Independent
journals consider the results of the recent
town elections in Malno ns the outcome of n
hope nnd belief that Blalno will again bo infer
for the presidency- The Philadelphia Times
voices this feeling as follows : "Whatevoi
mav DO Mr. Blaino's views on the" subject. .
It is evident that his friends in his own state
have not abandoned tlio hope of his renom-
Ination , and they hnvo put his cause in the
most practical shape by booming Malno up
to high-water mark , while the republicans ol
the west are even uncertain aa to their stronj
republican states. "
April Weather.
Georoe H. J/VIISOH.
Our llfo Is like the April weather ,
When storm nnd sunshine como together ,
And ono begins ere t'othcrs ended ;
Thus cloud and sunshine strangely blendcjl
Anon wo hear tempest rending ,
And see the pall-like clouds descending ,
When through their rifts the sunlight stream
ing
Reveals the "bow of promis" gleaming.
The lightning , cleaving oaks asunder ,
And peal on peal the roaring thunder ,
And snow nnd hail and wintry weather
In grand confusion sweep together :
One moment tells of winter's freorcs ,
The next of summer's balmy broo/es ;
And then , I say , like April weather
Wo liiugh and weep , and both together
Discordant notes fund yet agreeing )
Make up our faiini of earthly being.
And hcnuo , when this April now is Bending
Storm and sunshine , nil contending ,
We laugh at all , because- knowing
The flowers of May will soon bo blowing.
Our nasslons , seeming disagreeing ,
Are but the Htormsof earthly being
That prophesy of breezes vernal
Within tlio May of llfo eternal ,
STATE AND TK11K1TOIIY.
Fremont has secured another packing
house.
Fremont's telephone service is being
improved.
Bloominglon is to have a now paper
The Echo.
The Union Pacific will build aline
depot at Schuylcr.
An Otoo county' man captured c
mother wolf and her MI von ton-dny-ole ]
cubs.
The young ladies of the state uni
versity want to form a military conii
pany. . -i
Custor county fs"again in confusion
ever the questioiJ' $ f county seat re
moval. v ,
Superintendent .ilm-nborger , of Fre
mont , has bent $ : H)0 ) to Mis-j Royce , ol
Plainviow , subscribed to the ' 'Hoycc
fund. "
Company O , socSnd regiment of the
Nebraska City National guards , go into
camp Saturday uvuning , to remain
twonty-four hours.-
Mrs. Lou Clark , , whoso husband was
killed while a bralftJinan on the Bur
lington , at Falls Cjty. . , has sued the com
pany for 85,000 dumXges.
The York TimoH/vids that the object
of Eii Perkins' vis.lt.to Nebraska at thia
time is to manufacture another ' 'ma-
jority" story for Jim'Laird.
Norfolk claims to ho doing moro
building and increasing moro rapidly
in population than any town in the
state , with preferred chances.
Mayor Rulfo. of Nebraska City , line
issued an order that horeaf tor all trampa
found in that city shall be put to work
cutting down the aidowalk grade.
Platte county has Instructed her delegates -
gates to the state convention to use all
honorable elforts to secure tlie election
of J. E. North as a delegate to St. Louis.
It is reported to the Beatrice Demo
crat that Mr. Biorbowor will eend in
his resignation as United Suites mar
shal for Nebraska this month in order
to embark in other business.
A complaint comes from Beatrice
olaimiii' ' that the St. Joe jobbers refuse
to cash chocks drawn upon Nebraska
banks. Tho'Exprcss says : "This may
bo regarded as the golden opportunity
for the Omaha ftnd Lincoln jobbers , to
whom this trade rightfully belongs.
The retailer will bo s\ow in making pur
chases In v market whore their chocks
are nt a discount as long as other mar
kets are open to them on a fair basis. "
loivn Items.
Dubuque thinks its boom is blasted.
Davenport is to have an oloctrlo rail
way.
way.Glonwood has discovered another
field of coal.
The Allison brigade will go to Chicago
cage 400 strong.
Two Muscatlno harbors were fined
for ahavluff on Sunday.
Prof. Foster , of Burlington , predicts n
severe storm on April 21 and 25.
The next annual encampment of the
G. A. R. will bo hold at Burlington.
Papers throughout the state are pre
dicting "another very dry summer. "
Miss Downy , the noted ovnngollst , Is
wrestling with the tempter at Sioux
City.
Sioux City's electric dynamo burned
out und the town is in darkness for n
faw days.
Burlington is wreathed in smiles since
the bill passed the senate giving her a
federal building.
Regent Burroll , of the Iowa Univer
sity , IiAH accepted an invitation to deliver -
liver the annual oration at the Univer
sity of Kansas on Juno G.
A state convention of republican
clubs in Iowa will bo hold at the opera
house in Dos Molnoa on Wednesday ,
May U , at 11 o'clock a. in.
A Burlington man. Prof. Forby , has
invented a now system ot short hand ,
which it is claimed can bo learned in
one-half the time required by the old
way.
Dakota.
Spearfish is to hayo a now newspaper.
Yankton will have a Bowerajjo system.
Five thousand mfeiing claims are
located within ton miles of Deadwood.
A syndicate of Deadwood capitalists
drew a prize in the Louisiana lottery
the 10th.
Last year ton and one-half million
foot of lumber was manufactured in the
Black Hills.
The Yankton committee to procure-
right of way for the Manitoba road en
ters upon its work next week.
Work lias been resumed on the gas well
at Aberdeen , and a pressure of thirty
pounds to the square inch has been ob
tained.
Paul E. Page made final homestead
proof at Mitchollj the claim being two
miles from that city , and his improve
ments footed up $12,390.
The five-year-old daughter of J. W.
Porter , of Warner , was burned to death
while trying to run across a stubble
field which had boon sot on fire.
GAGE COUNTY ANTI-SAUOON1STS.
They Issue n Pntlrion to the Republi
can Convention.
BLUE Sriuxos , Nob. , April 19. [ Special to
the Bnn.J To-day thcro were sent out from
hero petitions to every precinct In Gage
county , and an organized effort has com
menced and pursued to capture the Gage
county republican convention for the temper
ance people. The object of the movement is
fully explained in their petition , which is
ns follows :
To the Delegates ol the Gagp County ,
( Neb. , ) Republican Convention Gentlemen :
We the undersigned republican legal voters
of Gage county , Nob. , would most respect
fully present to your honorable body this
our earnest petition : "That you will nomi
nate , for senator and representatives to our
legislature , only such men as are
in sympathy with temperance principles
and opposed to the saloons ; that the
candidates for legislative honors to bo nomi
nated by your honorable body , bo required to
announce boldly that theyare in favor of and
will work , if elected , to submit a constitu
tional amendment prohibiting the manu
facture und sale of alcoholic or malt liquors
within the state of Nebraska ; and that the
said candidates will also pledge themselves
to work and vote for stringent temperance
laws regulating the liquor trafllc within our
state.
Gentlemen , to heed or reject this petition
is now with you. Wo beseech you not to
pass it idly by nor dlsjwso of it as a matter
of policy. The republican party was founded
for grand and noble purposes. With ono bold
stroke it severed the chains that bound
0,000,000 slaves and made them freemen , us
God designed they should bo. It Is imw the
duty of that sumo party to liberate 00,000,000
of people from a worse thralldom than human
slavery. Wo look back with pride to the
great achievements of our party. Wo all do
know its heroic origin , for many of us have
stood by Its cradle and nurtured it to light
the battles for God , for homo nml our native
land. AVithin three decades wo view our
long continuous line of glorious nchleve > -
inents. Wo see the civil war triumphantly
ended : slavery is uprooted nnd destroyed
the union is forever restored ; the nation's
honor und credit is everywhere vindicated ;
our industries are strongly fortified
by wise laws , and started in a course of un
exampled prosperity , and now , whllo this has
been brought about through the Instrumen
tality of the republican party , and while wo
were dealing with other Issues , n moral leper
has ingrnclatcd Itself upon im as well ns upon
our opponents , the dnmocratio party , und wo
see 00,000 precious souls launched into etern
ity each year through its agency alone.
During all the trying times of our ascend
ency and power , embracing the time of nntl-
slavcry agitation , the war period , nnd ream-
strue-tfon and other national issthjs , thut
dreaded scourge , the llipior trnllle , has con
tinued to fasten its hold upon us and sap the
life's blood of our nation. The managers of
the rum power , llko the slaveholders of old ,
seek to perpetuate that giant evil , intemper
ance , by seducing the least worthy of our ud-
hnrcnts by the bait of power , and frightening
the tlinin with the whip of intimidation. Too
long has this policy succeeded. Too long the
cowardice and self-interests of falsa leaders
have rendered voledless and ineffective the
always earnest temperance sentiment among
the republican masses. The saloon element
are now with thu democratic party. Only
u few leaders of thut clement re
main with us in order that they
may utilize our voters to carry out
their nefarious ends. Wo hold : That the
saloon Is the enemy of society und ought to
bo suppressed ; that the people of each state
and municipality ought to have the oppor
tunity , when desired , of deciding when and
how thlfa shall bo dona ; that the saloon is the
open and avowed enemy of tbo republican
party , nnd , until destroyed , wo should crip
ple by every restraint mid disability that
sauio measure thut dotcrs our progress. The
Baleen vote has gene where It belongs und wo
should no longer panderto its llprous presence.
The liquor power , Htuto and national , has ,
for good uauso , declared war to the knlfo
against the republican party. With courage ,
principle , and honest endeavor wo can now
win to our cause , Uirlco over , the numerical !
loss of the saloon voters , from the best mnn
of all parties.
Now , gentlemen , wo Implore you
to carefully consider the petition
wo present you und place the party , In Gage
county , squarely on record as against that
giant evil and for the Interests of the homes
of our land. Hoping you will adopt rcsolu- '
tlons similar to the above , wo who pledge
ourselves to do all In our power to destroy
the rule of that demon , alcohol , will also
plcdgo ourselves to work for thut grand party
that dares say It is the friend of thoopprcssod
nnd downtrodden. We most rentxictfully
subscribe ourselves the friends of God , of
homo , and native land , the champions of
schools and the enemy of the saloons.
Voted For Seventy Yearn.
NEW YOIIK , April 19. [ Special Telegram
to the BKB. ] Thomas C. Hanco , the oldest
voter in this state , died nt Meccdon this
morning. Jle was born pf Quaker parents in
Maryland , September 23,1T81. At the last
election ho voted the ) democratic ) ticket , this
being his tcvcnty-tilglith annual appearance
at tug polls.
TALKED TILL NEAR MIDNIGHT
A Protraotod Session of the Cpunol
. Last Night ,
LOTS OF WIND OVER NOTHING
Brcnnan & Co. Send In Another SUite
meat Special CommlUoo'a Work
Itntltlcel Ilomlflinnn 'Cunning-
AVnnls to Uo Kclcnscd.
A 12 O'oloolc Session.
Tlio couucltmon who put In appearance a1
the ndjourncd mooting of the city council
last night were Jn a tnlkatlvo mood , find
were ready to talk the button * ofl of Actlnj
Provident Lowry' coat under the simplest
pretext. Debate was put under way when
Charles Turner's communication requesting
that the fruit peddlers bo exterminated was
rend. Councilman llascnll wanted the pro
test sent to the Salvation nrmy committee ,
and after the city's rulers had all the fun
over It they desired It was placed on Illo. A
protest against the paving of Twenty-second
street also drew out n huatod cxchnngo of
councllinaulo. opinions , and It was finally
placed on flic. When the clerk announced
that ho had received three bids for the print
ing of the revised ordinances , and that ono
of tlioin , from the Republican , had boon
ordered withdrawn , the city attorney said
ho lihd not prepared an opinion ns to the
genuineness of the Republican's claim of
having the contract already , and ho was
given further time to look the matter up.
Pending this the bids were entrusted to the
tender care of the clork.
Some surprise was noticeable among the
members when a communication from
Dennis Cunningham was read , withdrawing
his name as surcity on llio bond of Kcgan
Uro.'s & Co. and Fox , Son & Co. , paving
contractors , and asking the council to take
such action aa Is necessary to relieve him ns
bondsman. The communication was referred
to the committee on paving , curbing and
guttering.
The special committee appointed to adjust
the claim of Drcunan & Co. for work douo
on the city hall reported in favor of allowing
them $39,050.05 , less fl9.S50.33 already pawl ,
leaving n balance of $19,403.03 duo them
which the committee recommended paying.
The thrco experts , Messrs. Tillson. Slumo
nud Cents , were only willing * to allow the
contractors $37,059.95 as some of the work
and material was defective , but the council
committee did not favor this. The report of
the committee was adopted , and the balance
duo the Brcnnans was ordered paid. The
protest of the latter refusing to abide by the
committee's report sent in last week was
placed on file.
The following communications were ro-
celvcd and read :
From the Mayor Giving notice of having
approved several ordinances , and the con
tracts and bonds of John F. Dailey and Ko-
gan Bros. < fcCo- ; vetoing ordinance appro
priating private lauds for the extension of
Dorcas street and veto sustained.
From the City Treasurer Giving notice
that T. C. Bruner had paid special tax under
protest , and that John A. Horbach refuses to
pay certain taxes ; that Addie T. Conovcrhad
paid taxes under protest.
From the Board of Public Works Com
plaining of high banks of earth on several
streets which the city has temporarily
graded , referred to committee on grades and
grading.
From the city attorney Recommending
that the sewer ordered In the alloy between
Howard and Harney streets bo constructed
of llftccn-inch pipe to the cast line of Thir
teenth street and from thence west twelve
Inches. Also that the sewer bo laid down
Ninth street to the mala sewer on Jones
street , instead.of north to the alloy sewer ,
referred to the committee on sewers ; giving
notice of building a larger sewer In the alloy
between Farnnm and Harnoy streets ; stat
ing that George J. Hoddor was wrongly
assessed in the sum of 91U5.33 for grading
Twenty-fourth street.
F pm the city attorney Deciding that the
property occupied by the Danish Evangelical
church Is exempt from taxation ; having
caused deeds to bo executed conveying certain -
tain property to Andrew J. Harmon ; that R ,
H , Lucas la entitled to return of money paid
for excessive taxation.
Permission was given the board of educa
tion to dump dirt excavated from Mason and
Twentieth street onto Lcavcnworth street.
T. F. Brennan & Co. submitted a tabu
lated statement signed by a number of con
tractors allowing that they had done
f32,82o.l2 worth of work on the city hall.
E. L. Stone , Charles Turner and J. L. Blor-
bower wore given permission to grade the
alley between Farnain and Dodge streets bo-
twcoa Thirty-second avenue and Thirty-third
streets at their own expense.
Dr. S. D. Mercer's communication asking
Dcrmission to occupy the Eleventh' street
duduct for the running of cars by electricity
ivas referred to the committee on viaducts
: uul railroads , and the request of Stcphcnson
ind Williams and others for the changing of
; ho curb Hues on Nineteenth street between
Nicholas and Paul streets was sent to the
: : iigineer.
The committee on claims wcro directed to
look Into the claim of R. Robinson for dam-
igos done his property by sewer water , mid
' .ho American Waterworks company reported
: hey had located hydrants an Lcavcnworth
itroet from Thirty-fourth to Thirty-fifth
rtrcets. JTlio request of Samuel N. Bull mid
ithora for the locating of hydrants was
referred to the committee on lire mid water
works , and Theodore Olson's request for a
grading of Nicholas between Twenty-ninth
uid Isaacs' addition was granted.
John II. Horbach's petition in relation
to establishing the curb of Eighteenth street
lietwccn Nicholas and Ohio streets was rc-
rerrcd to the committee on curbing and gut-
coring , as was that of J. E. Rlle.v und others
requesting that Twenty-fifth street bo paved
with cedar blocks on a concrete base , and
IJyron Reed and others for paving Twenty-
llfth street between Dodge and Capitol
ivenuo with the name material.
The board of health was directed to ox-
icrminaU ) u nulsanco complained of by John
f locks ! rassor and others , and George P.
Ucmls' notice of the dilapidated condition of
iho catch basin on Hamilton street at the in
tersection of Thirty-first street was
ihiced on file. H , T. Clarlto was given
mrmission to graclo Cass street between
Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth streets to the
established grade ,
C. H. McKibbon'8 protest against paying
personal taxes us ho is u resident of Council
IMulTs , was referred to the committee on
Innnccs , and a request from property owners
: o narrow Cuss street from Twenty-fourth to
rwenty-bcventh to sixty-six feet was turned
ivcr to the committee on grades and grad-
ng. Protest of property owners against thu
wing of Tu'cnty-Becond street WAS placed
) ii fllo.
Iho following resolutions were passed ; In-
itructmg the street commissioners to take up
.ho trees on the west side of Fifteenth bc-
.wccn Chicago mid Cans streets and planted
in thu east Bldo of JcfTarson wjJuro ; direct-
ng the city attorney to take thu necessary
iction to remove the wiwttcrs | from Louust
itrcet between Twentieth and Twenty-fourth
itreetst ordering the street commissioner to
111 up the old crook bed on Burt street , west
) f Twenty-fourth strnot ; directing the chair-
nan of the board of public works to
inter the construction of a catch
lasln at the intersection of California
itreet and Twenty-seventh avenue ;
.hat the street commissioner grade
twenty-second street from Picrco street to
Twenty-fourth titreet , and repair Franklin
itruct between Twenty-sixth und Thirtieth
it reels ; that ho remove the slumps from
Dhlo street near Twenty-first street ; that ho
mt Ducatur street between Twenty-seven
md Thirtieth in good condition ; that ho
rrado the sidewalk on the south sldoof
3hurlos street between Twimty-soventh and
LHvcnty-elght streets opjwslUj Bhinn's ml-
lition ; that ho slope off the banks at the in-
.oracctlon of Thirty-third and Furnum , and
ilso the Intersection of Twenty-seventh and
cuvenworth street ; that ho widen Twenty-
'uventh ' struct from Ed , Creighton avenue to
S'orth street ; directing the city clerk to ad-
, 'ertiso for bids for the sale of that portion of
L'wenty-ulnth street heretofore vacated by
irdinanco ; ordering the city engineer to set
itakes showing thu corners of the general
iUb-illvisions of lots 7 , 8 , 0 and 10 in John-
ton's addition ; ordering the street cominis-
ilouor to repair sidewalks across Thirteenth
itreet on the North sldo of Cuss ; authorizing
ho park keener at Hunscoin's park to cm-
iloy two additional men ; thut the street
'ouiinibslouer bu ordered to grade sidewalk
In front of lots 7 and 8 , block 18 , BO that
Bldowalks can bo laid.
Ordinances referred : That that part of
the city south of North street nnrt west of
Twenty-fourth Mrcct bo exempt from the
provisions of the pound ordinances ; that the
city treasurer bo authorized to employ onq
additional clerk in his offlco at n salary of
fGO a itionth.
Permission was granted the several labor
organizations of the city to occupy the
council chamber between the hours of Sand
8 o'clock Sunday afternoon.
A special appropriation ordinance for the
payment of liabilities Incurred during the
month of March , and prior thereto was
Permission wits given Kllwit and Johnson
to use the earth abovegrado in n portion ol
Blonde street west of Twenty-ninth street.
The council went Into a committed of Uia
Whole , with Councilman Lee In the chain to
consider the naving ordinance , fall details ol
which Imvo been printed In the Bun from
11 mo to tlmo. The ordinance was read tha
flrst and second tinio and put oh Its passage ,
The following ordinances wcro p&SRed ,
nftcr the rise of the committee of the ivholo t
Creating paving ortllnnnces Nos. 173,179 ,
ISO , 181 , . IBS nnd 133 : ordering
paving In districts 107.120,142,133,145,150 ,
nnd 150 ; ordering paving of * Lcavcnworth
street In paving district 123 with cypress
blocks.
At ton minutes to 13 o'clock the council ad
journed , after H being said , as the prop
erty owners on Pacific street , between Tenth
nnd Thirteenth , had not selected the kind of
material for paving the street , the council
would do so for them.
AI'TAlItS AT SCOTIA.
District Court Oration by 12x-8cnn <
tor Vim "Wyok The Room.
SCOTIA , Nob. , April 17. [ Correspondence ]
of the BKE. ] This Is n busy -week in Sootln.
District court convened on Monday at 10
o'clock with n larger docket than at any pre
vious term In the county , Judge Tiffany pro-
siding. Ho is very rapid In the dispatch oi
business and hli method of disposing of the
cases is generally satisfactory with the bat
of Grceloy county.
Hon. C. H. Van Wyck addressed n largo
nnd appreciative audience In the court'housa
hero last evening. He spoke nearly two
hours and n half. After the usual compli
ments to the people of Grceloy county ha
devoted Ins speech mostly to the questions ol
tariff and monopolies. That lumber ami
sugar should be relieved from tarilt taxes ;
thut there should bo a reduction upon coarse
fabrics which labor- must purchase ; that tha
cheap blankets and woolen goods were taxed
higher in proportion to value than silks , sat
ins and diamonds which the wealthy must
purchase ; that internal duties and tarlfl
taxes wcro unequally Inld ; that the millions
nald on our national debt , the mil
lions paid for the support of
our government , and the millions
now in the treasury cauio from the pockets
Of the laborers of the republicnnd were not
levied on tno basis of wealth. Money , in all
ages has managed to escape its honest share
of the burden. Ho then dwelt upon the in
creasing power of corporations ; that millions
were gathered and sent east to pay interest
on bonds nnd mortgages ; that the mortgages
account was growing larger , whllo the dollars
lars nnd the power of the people were grow
ing less every year. Ho read extracts ol
the testimony of John M. Thurston , Craw
ford , and others , before the national commis
sion who were investigating the Union Pa
cific railroad company's method of doing
business , showing that a Large amount ol
money was expended by Iho company to con
trol legislation. Ho also spoke of the Judasoa
who betrayed their constituents for money ,
the most infamous crime mon can commit ;
that nothing on earth could induce men to bo
so Infamous except money.
The boom in Scotia Is still on the Increase ,
every residence in town being occupied by
families , and several now buildings in course
Of construction , among which is a largo druy
store to be occupied by N. L. Swortwood &
Co. The cheese and butter factory will be
completed nnd in full operation , under the
management of Mr. F. M. Wllcox , nn experi
enced cheese nnd butter maker of Ohio , by
May 15. X.
CAPITAL AND LABOR.
The Burlington Strike To Bo Thor- -
ouglily Investigated.
CHICAGO , April 19. Judge Thomas M.
Cooley , chairman of the intcr-stato com
merce commission , was in consultation this
afternoon , before leaving for homo , with
Alexander Sullivan , counsel for the engineers
and firemen. After the meeting Sullivan
3ald there would be an investigation of ttia
2auses nnd results of the Chicago , Burling
ton & Quincy strike ; that it would be hold in
Chicago , beginning some day after May 5.
Sullivan said the men were very anxious for
in investigation , and that this time the in
vestigation would bo not limited to ono state ,
islt necessarily was before tno Illinois board ,
tnd that it would begin at the beginning and
2nd at the end.
U. S. DEFOSITOBY , OMAHA , NEB.
Paid Up Capital , - $2BOOOO
Surplus , - BOOOO
I. AV. VATKS. Pr ? ildent.
LKWIB H. Hrr.n , Vlco-I'resldent.
A. U. TouzAi.iN.-nd View-President.
w. II. S. HuaiiF.3. Cashier.
DIIIECTOHB :
W. V MOUSE. JOHNS. COI.UNS ,
II. AYATKH. . Linvis a. UKKD ,
A. 15. TOUZI.I.IN ,
THE IRON BANK ,
Cor. 1-tli nml Karnnru HU.
A General Hanklui ; Jluaiucbs Transacted.
The best und rarest Remedy fbr Core ol
all dtaeaacB caused by any derangement of
the Liver , Kidneys , Stotoach and Bowels.
Dj-spepela , Sick ncaUccbti , Constipation ,
BUioQH Coiaplalcta and XlslciiAof ell fr FF *
yield readily to tlio beneficent Influence of
It la ple&Mnt to the Uite , tones op tbo
ttem , reztorca cunt preserrei health.
It Is purely Vegetable , uid cannot fall to
prove bewScLU , both to old uid young.
Aa a blood Partner It i eaperior to nil
other * . Sold everywhere nt 91.00 a bottle.
BHKHIF'F'B HAIK.
Tly virtue tit nn onlcr of nal ( SHUN ! < mt of tlio
llfctrtct Court for Douglas CountyNobi ubka ,
D HID directed. I will on the UUth diiyot April ,
u I ) , 18B.S , at 11 o'clock n. m. of nalil Any. on HIM
rorulses lot ouiMl ) In block three Imndnxl r.ml
Ightci-n ( ! H > , In the city of Oinnlm , Doufrfax
ounty , NubruHka. wolf ut imtillc auction
lie property dracribed In bald order ot i > ulo at
; > llow . to-trlt :
Thu Interest of H. SI , .Nicholson , In. nnd to the
oiler nnd eugluo ami all wood working mat-Inn-
ry aiirt fixtures In the mill. aUuntnd nt the
outh-we t comer of 121 h anil Nicholas utrcets ,
i tba city of Oiuahu , DOUBUB county ,
' Salt ! property to bo sold to ( satisfy Cluirles H.
iuion , Mosltr T. Urecne. Henry 1' . t'nily and
'runk Colpetzer , partners dolnu bu ln 8 under
tie linn name und style of Chlruqo Lumber
( initially , the sum of Jl.2J.2.'i duinugcs , and
II l'i tlio oobta of uult with iuturubt tlKiteon
romthoCth day of Kcbnmry. A , li. 18w until
uld. together with accrntm ! r Ma , uc-coidlnu to
Judgment rendorMl by the DUtiitt Court for
uld Dongliis County tit ItEj-'ubruury term. A. 1) .
5h8. Inaj-ertaluuctlonlhenaud there i > cndlnic
rhereln the Bald Chicago Lumber Company woi
ffi ou < 1 tuo
Hherlir of IXniKla
Oinaha. jStfeb. . Aprll'lStU ,
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