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Now the news comes thnt the pretty
romantic engagement between Princess
Victoria and Prince .Alexander is
nothing but a cruel hoax.
IT was tin American's money after all
that furnished Boulnngor BulIIcicnt
funds to buy his scat in the chamber.
Thus do wo pay back the French spolia
tion claims.
CoiiA is under martial law. The
bandits have bocQino bold enough to
defy the authorities , and the captain
general is powerless. Whenever Cuba
gets into a box the respectable people
of the island want to bo annexed to the
United States.
IT has boon customary for senators to
contribute 810 each towards the pur
chase of a wedding gift for the bride ofi
a senator who marries while in office'
For some unaccountable reason the cus
tom was overlooked in the recent mar-
Triage of Senator Hawloy. But gallantry
is one of the redeeming features of the
upjior.Ji.C'.wo. A magnificent diamond
% 'rooloh has just been purchased and
Xvill grace the neck of Mrs. Hawley us
the gift of seventy-five senators.
THE mortal remains ot Roscoe Conk-
ling have been consigned to the tomb ,
rho record of his distinguished "career
remains for the study , and so far as it
was wise , patriotic and honorable , for
the emulation of his countrymen. In
this busy and practical age the greatest
men do not long hold a place in the pop
ular memory , and perhaps Colliding will
soon bo forgotten by the multitude , but
ho made an indelible mark on the his
tory of his time which will perpetuate
his name to the future generations as a
citizen than whom there wore few
greater in ability and none of higher or
cleaner integrity.
Cr.KVKLA.Ni > , Ohio , is in the anomal-
VUB oud embarrassing condition of not
having a legislative branch to its muni
cipal government. It seems that a
Change was made by the last legislature
Sn the law regulating the election of
J < V > rmcn in Cincinnati and Cleveland ,
tSke oiSsot of which was to repeal the
portion relating to the latter city , a
fact which the solons representing
JDlovolnhd did not observe. The result
is that the city is without a municipal
legislature , and the only hope out of
the dilemma is said to bo in the supreme
court. Cleveland has boon having a
hard time for a year past with its city
government , which is democratic , and
it would seem to have now reached the
climax of its troubles.
How often a minister is praised for
his indefatigable exertion in freeing his
church from debt. In fact , it has grown
to bo the universal custom among
'diurches to put the work on.tho minis-
tor's shoulders. Many a clergyman
looks upon this burden as one of the du
ties which naturally falls to his position.
To him it is a test of popularity among
his parishioners and to his congregation
it is an evidence of his ability as a
preacher. The standard , however , ( a
false , The test is low. An able divine
is not to bo judged by his financial
acutenoss. It is a question for religious
societies to consider whether their pas
tors are not more valuable for the at
tention to their spiritual duties than for
lifting financial burdens which belong
Ca the HOW and not to the pulpit.
Tiu | appoe , ! of the Young Men's
Christian association for more funds to
complete the beautiful structure on the
' corner of Douglas and Sixteenth should
not go unheeded. The value of such n
building to a oily cannot ho estimated.
When fully completed and equipped
. with its libraries , reading rooms , gym
nasium and lecture rooms the hundreds
of young men in Omaha will have an at
tractive resort , surrounded by healthful
and moral inlluoiiccs. The association
needs in addition to the money subscribed -
scribed from $25.000 to 930,000 to complete -
ploto and furnish the structure. A num
ber of our wealthy citizens have re
sponded liberally , others have not con-
* tributcd a dollar. It is not alone to this
' class the Y. M. C. A , appeals , but also
to workingmen , clerks and citizens in
general , whoso contributions , though-
individually small , will materially aid
the association. If , the people only
know how a public enterprise ) of this
character repays them , there would not
be a man in Omaha who would not sfcud
in hla oilto. '
Them Confer Together.
In the last number ot .America , Chicago
cage is congratulated upon the effort ot
her workingmen nnd capitalists locome
to a better understanding ns to their
mutual relations. The following ex
tract is doomed worthy of reproduction :
At last a movement Is underway which
may lead to a peaceful and reasonable solu
tion of the capital and labor problem. A
scries of regular weekly conferences be
tween capitalists nnd laborers have been
organized in Chicago. It Is the purposes of
thcso conferences to bring the employer and
employed Into closer relationship , by estab
lishing an open forum in which advocates of
different theories may present their argu
ments , and bo mot ami replied to by men who
bold opposite views.
The following selections from the pros *
pcctus explain themselves :
"H Is proposed to endeavor to maka busi
ness mou nnd workingtncn batter acquainted
with one another's views.
"How many business men have attended
worklngmon's meetings , ami know at llrst
hand what their alms ere ? How many \vork-
higmcn ever hear their employers , or other
leaders of business enterprises , explain their
views and the problems with which they
have to deal )
"Bunln'oss men have their clubs nnd various
associations , at which they ntato and dotoml
their vlows but to pcoplo who arc already
convinced.
"Workingmen have their Union and assem
bly meetings , nnd the same Is Iruo la sub
stance of thorn ,
"What is needed is to bring those people
together , and to help each to understand the
other. Such is the aim , at least , of the pro
posed economic conferences. They have
tJeen arranged with n sincere dcslro to pro
mote a better feeling In the community. "
There is more Iriio common-sense patriot
ism in this movement than In all the trades
unions and business men's protective associa
tions combined , It Is only by such menus
that cither side can bo brought to h recogni
tion of It1) faults. Employers and laboring
men will bo brought into closer sympatliy ,
and each cluss will learn to recognize that
the other is composed of follow men.
Tho'promoters of this movement deserve
the profound thanks of the whole American
nation. They show by their action that they
are earnest loyal Americans , who are willing
to work for the good of their fellow men.
This movement should not bo .confined to
Chicago. It should spread toevery village
and hamlet in the United States. Then , when
business men and laboring men meet each
other In friendly debate , and freely discuss
their wrongs and grievances , the capital and
labor question will have received an equitable
solution.
"Why cannot such a conference beheld
held in Omaha between workingmen
and their employers ? Such a confer
ence should of course not bo confined to
contractors , who employ the greater
part of our mechanics and laborers but
should include the owners of buildings
and capitalists engaged in manufac
tures and other enterprises. There is
no doubt that such a conference would
result mutually beneficial in the end.
It would dispel many false impressions ,
smooth down differences between worlc-
ingmon. and their employers and pave
the way for harmonious progress all
along the lino. A bettor mutual un
derstanding between our workinginen
and capitalists is essential to Omaha's
growth and prosperity. Why not hold
a conference within the coming week at
the chamber of commerce which is com
modious and centrally located.
A Knee Exposition.
An exhibition which would show the
progress made by the colored people of
the United States during the quarter of
a century since emancipation would certainly
tainly possess very great interest. It
would undoubtedly servo to undeceive
the popular impression that these people
have not been advancing ns rapidly as
even with their restricted oppoitunities
they should have done , and to demon
strate on the contrary that their im
provement has under all circumstances
been rather extraordinary. It is natural
to underestimate the qualification and
capacity of the negro race for advance
ment. The white people of this coun
try have boon taught to regard"
them as having neither apti
tude nor ambition for broad and
elevated improvement. The impression
which obtained for a con tury or more
that the negro was naturally a depend ,
out , helpless without the care , guardian
ship and support of the white man , has
not yet been wholly effaced. Many people
ple still believe the race incapable of
high intellectual attainment , or the de
velopment of practical ability. A few
examples there are of members of the
race who have acquired extensive learn
ing , shown gifts of oratory , and exhibited
business capacity , but these exceptional
cases are not generally regarded as
proving the race capable of great ad
vancement. Those who take a depre
ciatory view of the negro do not give
adequate importance to the fact that it
is less than a generation since
ho obcapcd from a thraldom which
blunted all his faculties nnd
put an impassable barrier in the way of
his ambition. If slavery was over con
siderate of the physical wants of its vic
tims , it always , and necessarily , denied
them every requirement for mental en
lightenment ,
But the experience of the last twenty
years shows that the negro race is
capable of both intellectual and material
progress , and that it is ambitious to Im
prove and udviuiec. The school reports
mulco an excellent showing for the col
ored pupils , who average well with the
white children in both studiousness and
readiness to learn. In many moohan-
icnl industries of the south colored men
are working successfully side by side
with white mon , There nro extensive -
tensive and prosperous negro farmers
in the south , and the race can
show a considerable number of
moderately wealthy men whoso for
tunes are duo to industry , tact and
thrift. The evidences of the capacity
of the negro race for improvement , if
brought together , woufd undoubtedly
bo sufficient to convince the most skep
tical.
It is proposed to do this in a great in
dustrial exposition to ho hold in Atlanta
from the 12th of next November to the
l"th of February , 18S9 , and tno govern
ment will bo asked to give the project
national recognition and support in the
form of a Juan. The plnn is to exhibit
the works of art , field products , live
stock , manufactures , machinery and.
other articles raised , produced or owned
by colored people throughout the United
States , The twenty-fifth annlvc.-saryof
tbo emancipation of the raw ia deeuoil
to bo an appropriate tlmo for showing
the progress the race hns Inndo intellec
tually and Industrially slnco it was
given freedom , nnd the promoters of
the exhibition urge in its behalf that
besides bolng n source of great interest
it would stimulate the rnco to bettor
effort in the future. The project is
bolng pushed by the Colored World's
Fair association of America , nnd it has
already received the indorsement of the
16gslalurcs ! ot Georgia , Tennessee and
Alabama , the chamber ot commerce of
Now Orleans , nnd many representative
mon and associations throughout the
south. Some days ngo n , bill was re
ported favorably from the committee on
education and labor of the United
States senate , which provides for n
national recognition of the proposed
exposition and a loan by the govern
ment of four hundred thousand dollars
In aid of tlio project. The feasibility ,
interest nnd probable value of such an
exhibition in stimulating the industrial
progress of the colored race being
granted , the propriety of giving it gov
ernment recognition and support ought
not to bo seriously questioned. The
amount asked for from the government
would not bo missed if given outright ,
instead of no a loan , should the exposi
tion prove to bo as successful ns an in
structive and educating inlluonoc as its
projectors , with evident sincerity , be
lieve it would.
Arbor Day.
To-morrow will bo Arbor Day in Ne
braska , and it is to bo hoped it , will bo
observed with even more general devo
tion to it ? beneficent object than in the
past. The institution of the custom * of
setting apart one day in the year for ,
tree planting , duo to n citizen of Ne
braska , has become widespread , giving
assurance thai , in time it will become
universal in this country. It is com
mended no't alone by the great practi
cal benefits that result , but by the
pleasing effect produced upon our finer
sensibilities. It does- not call us to a
task , but invites us to a labor of love.
Wo have grown to regard the
duty ns n pleasure and to asso
ciate with its performance agree
able and elevating sentiment. The
poet tolls us "the groves wore God's
first temples , " nnd as wo sot out the
trees that are to make the groves of the
future wo may feel that our work has
some other meaning and merit than the
material good that is to come from it ,
vastly important though that be. The
tendency to give the custom a senti
mental association , to impress it upon
the minds of the young as an occasion
from which they may derive present
pleasure and agreeable recollections ,
and to remove it from the role of mere
practical duties , should be encouraged.
Its effect , will' be to stimulate interest in
the custom , enlarge the desire to give
it proper observance , and thus better
assure its permanence.
Arbor day has been of inestimable
advantage to Nebraska , but yet greater
benefits are to come if it shall continue
to bo properly observed. Those of our
people who understand this will not
need urging to.perform the agreeable
and profitable duty to winch the recur
rence of Arbor day invites them.
'Jlio Temple of Ceres.
Why not call the big grain palace
which the Omaha fair association pro
poses to erect , the Tonfulo of Ceres.
The goddess Ceres was the classical di
vinity who presided over corn and
tillage , and who was the patroness of
husbandry in general.
There is something in a name , if well
chosen , which excites the interest and
invites attention. To call this proposed
structure the Temple of Cores is appli
cable where the cereals of the state are
to bo displayed to the beat advantage.
The name Ceres , moreover is strik
ing. It has the advantage of novelty
and certainly is more expressive than
"corn palace" or "grain palace. " It
can also bo combined 'with spectacu
lar features which would stimulate
large numbers of participants in the
proposed celebration. A Temple of
Cores would bo suggestive. It would
supply the motive to guide the archi
tect in planning the building.
It gives the theme to the decorator
rater in iris efforts to reproduce
ancient art. Such a combination can re
sult only in consistency and harmony of
idea-j , and the artistic effect is Buro to
impress itself on the visitor as beauti
ful.
ful.What
What , for instance , could be grander
and more effective as an attraction than
a , temple patterned after the famous
Parthenon of Athens ? A building
fashioned on the lines of this majestic
temple can bo produced with bettor olToct
in straw and corn than u Gothjc struc
ture after the style of the Sioux City
corn palace. There is more scope for
the decorator. In hia hands the frieze
and pediments of the proposed classical
building could bo heightened with color
ed leaves , grasses , different varieties of
corn , wheat , rye and other cereals of
Nebraska , to imitate the motopos , the
triglyphs and sculptured frieze
of the original. The pediments
could bo filled with appropriate figures
in straw in imitation of the sculptured
statues and groups of the Parthenon.
If the classical ideas bo carried out
btill further to heighten tho.spect
acular effects , a majestic figure of Cores
fashioned after the goddess Athena
could bo erected in the center of her
temple. Hero the agricultural , manu
facturing and nil other products of the
state should bo brought and displayed
as votive offerings to the goddess.
In this instance it may be well to re
call that one of the most unique and
prominent attractions of tbo Now Or
leans exposition was a grand figure
of the goddess of Liberty made
of corn. That was a striking
oxnmpla of the possibilities of
the uses of cereal products in the nrt-
ist'b hands. Can wo not follow out on u
grander and more elaborate scale the
idea first suggested at Now Orleans ?
Without going further into particu
lars the BEJC has sufficiently indicated
its conception for a grain palace , which
shall embrace both originality and ar-
tiEtio harmony , nnd which shall display
in a pleasing setting all the natural pro
ducts and resources of Nebraska.
THE latest advices regarding the con
dition of Minister I'oudletou , who , a
few days ngo , ho4 a slight stroke of par
alysis , report hinlmuch improved , with
a favorable pro o t ot speedy recovery ,
Slnco the tragic death of his wlfo it is
understood that Mr. Pcndloton has not
been the vigorous igan.ho was before
that unfortttnatfcC event , which was a
vary severe shock toJiim , Ho had also
found his dutic.i 'at Berlin laborious ,
nnd it is not unlikely that the climate
and the conditions under which ho has
lived there havo-not'bcon favorable to
his health. Mr. Pqndloton is sixty-
three years old , and < nn attack ot par
alysis at that ageis a serious matter ,
oven though thejsl/oko bo slight.
PJlOMINIiNT M13N.
The crown prince of Germany is said to
hate everything English ,
Chnunccy M. Depcw's photographs sell as
rapidly as those of beautiful women.
Senator Evarts has bought a now spring
silk hat to wear to the Chicago con vcntion.
Count von Moltko must bo a queer-looking
figure. Ho is i.eakcd in fnco nnd wears a
yellow wig.
President Ingnlls uses n sand glass to tlmo
speakers when the senate enforces the llvo-
inlnuto rule.
Mrs. Henry Ward Hrccher has given the
sojdlers' houo nt Leavcnworth 2,000 books
from her husband's library.
Ulysses S. Grant , Jr. , Is now in active busi
ness harness In the Cosmopolitan Publishing
company , being its vice president.
Robert Louis Stevenson was paid fS.OOO for
his latest novel. And belter novels have
boon written for one-eighth the money.
Horace Davis , the new president of the
California state university , is an enthusias
tic advocate of the 'higher education of
women.
The Into Chief Justice Walto once re
marked that ho was bettor acquainted with
"IJartlctt's Familiar Quotations" than with
the "United States Digest. "
Senator Chace , of Hliodc Island , Is a gen
tleman of very pronounced ideas and docs
not regard the dictates 'of' fashion In the
least. He Is said to bo the only member In
congress who wears a spike-lull coat.
Jouquln Miller is lying nt present in n little
redwood house , about twelve foot high by
something like thirty feet In length , ' perched
away up on the side of a nuked and rocky
mountain near Oakland , Cul. , at a height of
several hundred feet above the sea.
Samuel J. Tilden never spoke of his wealth ,
but it was variously estimated all the way
from 4,000,000 to 510,000,000. His executors
have lately stated in court that his assets
footed up * 3,235,000 iq real and personal prop
erty. It VMU also admitted that after the
legacies provided for in the will are paid
over four millions-will remain for the erec
tion of three public libraries contemplated by
Mr. Tilden in Ne\\jYovk , Yonkcrs nnd Now
Lebanon , where h wasjjorn.
Attorney General Urewstcr was n man of
hobbies and eccentricities and given to sul
phurous warmth of speech. He was surpris
ingly vain , nnd spent' a remarkable amount
of time in frivolous correspondence * Among
his idiosyncracios Jwasj the belief that no
laundry In Washington could do his shirts or
underwear justice , and they had to bo sent to
Philadelphia every' week. Housed to take
particular fancies to certain garments , and
when sent to Philadelphia to be washed was
in the habit of making frantic appeals by
telegraph for thole prompt return to him. "
A Family Trust.
MtiinraixdtijTrlbimc.
'
Is Mr. 'Cleveland really to have Secretary
Bayard for a datjjly-in-lawl Now if Hose
could only bo provided1 for the royal family
would be reasonably comfortable.
A K'll "St. All Precedent.
Cf > iclMi ) < if nnriulret :
Thcso statements of the opposition that
congress is wasting its tlmo amount to noth
ing. Who ever saw a United Stutcs con
gress do anything on thecveof a presidential
election I
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Sure of His Pay.
n'tuhlnalnn Crflic.
If Mr. Chaunccy M. Dopew should decline
the services of one oC his railway employes
with the same violent vigor which he displays
in declining the presidential nomination , the
poor man would go right along drawing his
salary and bo sure of It for years to conio.
Better Glass of
P/it ! < iie/hfa / | Jlccnnl.
The ocean steamspips which carry passen
gers hither and thither between this country
nnd Europe are doing a big business. These
that sail eastward go loaded with plcasuro-
seckcrs , and the inward-bound vessels nro
crammed with Immigrants who intend to find
homes for themselves and their posterity in
America. Probably the immigrants bring as
much money into the country as the tourists
carry away. Putting aside imported labor
ers , the average , quality of the immigrants
who seek our shores grows bettor year after
year. _ _
A Tribute to Colliding.
fttiNwi * City Times.
There is n story of two Rochester men who
lately were in New York on logul business.
It occurred to them to consult Mr. Conkllng ,
and they did so at some length and very
much to their satisfaction. As they rose to
go the spokesman said : "Mr. Conkllng , wo
thank you for your ndvico , which Is very
valuable to us. When wo get homo wo will
send you a check for $500. " "Oh , no , gentle
men , " said the ex-senator , "don't do that. I
am only too happy to bo of service to you ,
and make no charge. You nro quite wel
come , but when I do charge , my fee is
5,000. , "
Should See to It TnoiimelvcM ,
I'littatltliilitn Lcilucr.
Ill a forthcoming article , Mr. Powdcrly's
suggestions thut the members of the brother
hood shall themselves take the count of the
number of children under proper ago em
ployed at work for wages , in factories , mines
and elsewhere , is proper jund most pertinent.
It is the needs of fumliy support far oftcner
than the demands of the , employer that re
cruits the ranks of labor vitli Infant bread
winners. When thOWo | os are so Important
to parents , they it Is not surprising hope
to pass in the little workman as of suitable
ago. i
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Daniel Webstcr'H Views.
The Springfield ( l ass , ) nepnbllcan cites
the following from a speech by Daniel Web
ster in 1838 : '
I have no hesitation In . declaring that the
Income from customs' ' must bo reduced , 'It
must bo reduced at'tho ' ha/ard of injury to
some branches of manufacturing industry ;
bccauso this , In my opinion , would bo ijless
evil than that extraordinary and dangerous
state of things in which the United States
should bo found laying and collecting taxes
for the punraso of distributing them.
Mr. Webster wus'ono of the strongest of
protectionists ; yet ho was willing to adjust
his theory to the practical situation rather
than BOO a surplus distributed by an expendi
ture such as that unblushlngly proix > Bed by
the advocates of the Direct Tariff Refunding
lob. , ,
Conspirators Arrested.
NEW YOUK , April 21. Judge Barrett today -
day granted an order for the arrest of John
N. Stein and Anthony Comstock in a suit
commenced against them by John H , Kmuiliis
and Charles Sherly for fyo.OOO damages for
conipiracy. Hull wosnxed utfJ.OOO cuch.
Cooi tock-\vill not bo arrested until Monday.
THE TRIBUTE OF ADMIRERS ,
Words * of Regret nnd Voices ol
Prnlso for Conkling.
.
DEPLORING A NATION'S LOSS
Representative Citizens of Oinnhn Assemble
semblemul Utter 13\prcsslong
of Sorrow Over n Grand
Man's Death.
Mooting nt
Dr. Miller presided over a rcprcsontallvo
meeting of citizens , regardless of pnny nfllli-
ntlons , to pay homage to the worth of the departed -
parted Hoscoo Conkllng , statesman nnd
Jurist , In the parlors of thoPaxton last night.
The doctor , upon assuming the chair , spoke
in eloquent terms of the deceased , and con.
sltlcrcd him the noblest of politicians , the
greatest of statesmen , the acme of virtue and
the noblest of men among men. Koscoc
Conkllng's motto was , America and Amer
icans first and all the tlmo.
Charles J. Green followed with an eloquent
tribute to the deceased. Ho referred to hla
great record and said that every shaft that
had been hurled at him , In personal or ofllclal
life , had been invigorated through spite , but
hud been happily and substantially dig-
proven. Hoscoo Conkllng now rests
In nOgrnvo that Is honored and watered
by the tears of the universe. Mr. Green
then read the following resolutions as the
souse of the meeting :
As sons of Now York , cherishing a just
pride in the grandeur of our native state and
In the great men by whom her annals have
been illustrated , wo hasten to glvo inadequate
expression to the emotions with which wo
have received the intelligence of the death of
Uoscoo Conkllng.
For n quarter of n century ho has been a
great figure in the Empire state. For a largo
part of thut period ho maintained mi almost
undivided ascendancy in the conduct of
affairs his devoted followers were to bo
found in every village , his trusted adherents
directed the administration in nil places of
power , his imperial command swayed popular
opinion nnd sentlmontthroughout the borders
of the state.
When a period comes to the career of such
a man all the people and the state mourn.
Wo dcclaro our appreciation of his great
character in the following expressions :
1. Impciitil In his physical proportions as
became a chief among the people , his tread
and front bore witness to the spirit of the
man. From early llfo ho was Inspired by nn
ardor in the pursuit of his alms thnt brooked
no opposition nnd overcame nil difficulties.
Step by step ho stalked over the Holds of
strife and contention , crushing adversaries
and winning victory everywhere. Ho made
friends and ho made enemies , but allko by
those who feared and hated him and by those
who trusted nnd honored him , ho was ac
knowledged to bo great.
J. Impelled by whut has been called the in-
Jlrmity of noble minds , nnd pursuing his lofty
uims with an unconquerable zeal , neither his
aspirations nor the methods by which ho pcr-
sued them , marred the purity of his personal
character. Ho lived among public men who
made profit of public employment , nnd held
it not unjust to the state , and only
'just to themselves , to tuko money
which was not earned. Hut ho cherished
poverty us a sign of lidelity in the public ser
vice , nnd no taint of ill-gotten gains was over
on his luiuio. The one great lesson of his
life , a lesson sadly needed and herd to learn
in American politics , is the grandeur of per
fect honesty.
y. In the character nnd career of Hoseoe
Conklm there was much that was by the
public misconceived and misjudged , because
when accused bo never stopped for explana
tion , and when questioned ho did not conde
scend to exculpate himself , but in grim
silence bore all accusation , the gracefulness
of his character , the affectionate tenderness
of his heart , the transcendent purity of his
spiiitwere unseen unit unknown. Hut no
limn was ever attended by such troops of
friends wherever ho went , nor followed by
such absolute devotion in all exigencies o'f
, , nfluirs , nor remained unforsakon when his
hand grasped the scepter of power no longer ,
who hud not in him that which makes life
lovely and character noble.
The career and aspect , of this great flj-uro
in American llfo inspires us with now pride
in the state whose annals bear among her
sons the name of Uoscoo Conkling.
Pending the adoption of the resolutions
City Attorney J. L- Webster took occasion to
pay tribute to the departed , whom ho rated ns
the brightest nnd noblest representative-
the republican i/nrty nnd its principles.
Demi Gardner , of Trinity cathedral , was
next called upon. Ho had presided over a
church in which Mr. Conkling was a com
municant , nnd know him us u lover of man
kind , u true Christian and a magnificent num.
"If Hoscoo Conkling , " ventured the speaker ,
"had been nominated for the presidency , I
would have stumped the state for him. "
Mr. W. F. Gurloy then spoke as follows :
"Tho asperities of life become softened when
wo view them in the twilight of concluded
day. Ono of the most pleasing attributes of
human nature is revealed in the universal
sympathy nud love which , like perfumed gar
lands , deck the grave of the departed dead.
If universal sympathy could have banished
pain and suttcring , or have conferred the
priceless boon of restored health , Hoscoo
Conkllng would have risen from his couch of
anguish in the full strength nnd glory of vig
orous manhood. If universal love embodied
in u nation's voice could penetrate "tho dull ,
cold our of death" nud , speaking language of
outrcaty and command , enforce obedience ,
the departed spirit of Koscoe Colliding would
to-day re-enter und'rolnlinbit its eurthly ten
ement. Hut the "pallid messenger with the
invented torch" has beckoned him awuy , nud
sympathy us well us love is impotent in
the presence of the "great mystery. " Yet
his memory is ours , nnd while death in its
cruel und relentless grasp may crush the
present , ami blast the future , it cannot de
stroy the past. Emerson has said : "Ho is a
great man who Inhabits a higher sphere , to
which other men rise with labor und difll-
culty. " Such was Hoscoo Colliding. A man
of royal intellect , of imperial character , of
superb Intellect. A kingly man , A leader
of men , not by the warmth of association ,
but by the lustrous of bruin nnd conscience
\vhich dominated nnd controlled his own llfo ,
nnd pulsated their every action by which ho
sought to gain the mastery of men.
As an orator ho possessed n subtle power
und rlmnn , fnscinnting his hearers by the
logic of his argument , the exuberance of his
diction , nnd the majesty of his utterance ;
bui above all and behind nil was
his splendid individuality , which gave
power to language and transformed words
Into thunderbolts. Choato in his eulogy upon
Webster gave expression in a passionate out
burst to the longing of his soul. His words
might well bo uttered by those who mourn
to-day the untimely death of the great sou of
the Kmpiro fcjtatii "Oh , for nn hour of
Conkling now ! Oh , for one more peal of
thut clarion voice , ono more roll of that thun
der inimitable ! " .
Mr. 12. Hosewatcr denied the imperial
ism of the departed , quoted by previous speak
ers , Uoscoa Conkling hnd never hold himself
above the common people , ito was the most
approachable man in public lifo that the
speaker had over met. Colliding was ulwnys
kind and considerate to all ho came in con
tact with , and whllo Mr. Hosowator admired
these qualifications of the man , ho had never
sided with him in his political vicnvs. Out
side of thut , however. Hoscoo Colliding wua
strictly nud rigidly honest ; with ull his
chances to become dishonest ho spurned
them , and while other senators and congress
men of less ability and renown were riding
in their carriages , had their residences in
Washington , u 5 cent car wus good enough
for Conkling. Ho had no royal turnouts ,
and died , said Mr , Hosowater in conclusion ,
with the reputation of being nn honest man.
Judge Huwos , Attorney Huldwin und Hon.
Mr. Gannon , of Iowa , paid complimentary
tribute to the deceased , nud the question oc
curring on the ndoption of the foregoing res
olutions the same were unanimously passed
and the meeting adjourned ,
ljAlI > TO K1CST.
New York'a Statesman tmltl to Ills
LOUR Hour.
UTICA , N. Y. , April 21. The remains of
Hoscoo Conkling luy in state from 13 to 1
o'clock. Hoforo noon a very largo number of
friends of tl.io deceased had assembled In the
vicinity of the house , and during the follow-
iug hour a continuous stream of pos-
plo passed into the rcsidenco to taki
the last look at the dead. Floral tribute !
were very numerous ami of unusual mng
niflccnco. Conspicuous among them was i
largo \vrcath Of calla Itllos , Intertwined will
blue Immortelles , attached to which was i
plain white card bearing the words I "The
President. "
The trains this morning brought throngi
of ofllclal and unofllcinl friends from all parti
of the union. A wreath of flowers was son !
by President and Mrs. Cleveland. Cnvnlrj
church was filled to overflowing long bofori
3 o'clock , Upon the arrival of the proccs
slon it was mot nt the cntrnnco o
the church by the rector , Kov. A. H
Goodrich. When all were scaled the burla
anthem taken from thirtieth nnd nlnotlotl
psalms was rendered responslvoly by th <
officiating clergymen , the choir singlni
alternate verses. After brief but Imprcsslvi
service , the sad procession wended its wnj
to the cemetery where committal service o
the church was hold In the conservatory ,
Conklln 'fl Portrait.
NEW Yoni : , April 21. [ Special Telegram
to the BHK. ] Frank D. Carpenter , n well
known portrait painter , on Thursday en
tcrcd the death chamber whom Itoscoi
Conkllng lay and studied bis features lonp
and earnestly. Then ho measured the head
and face with great onro. Some years ngc
Carpenter , through friends , arranged thai
Conkllng , President Arthur and Olencrn' '
Grant shonld sit for oil portraits. Conklliif
was nuito shy. Ho hnd Invariably refused U
permit artists or photographers to study his
face , being very sensitive about portrait
pictures. After consenting" to sit he kept
putting oft the event from time to timo.
Meanwhile the pamtor studied the loader at
over possible occasion nnd began n portrait
In his studio. With the measurements anil
study of the dead statesman's countenance
ho will now bo nblo to complete the only oil
portrait of Conkling In the country.
Ex-Moiubors oftlio Cabinet.
'JUio Now York Graphic- attempts to
catalogue the men living whoholtl scats
In the cabinet. It bopins with the sec
retaries of the navy , as follows : Most
people of the present generation have
no idea that the venerable George Bun-
croft , the historian , who is now in his
eighty-eighth year , .was in his early
days quite it democratic politician. N6t
only is this Iruo , but ho is .to-day the
man whose service as si Cabinet ofliccr
dates farther back than that of any
other man now living. In 1841 Mr.
Bnncrott was the democratic candidate
for governor of Massachusetts , but
George N. Brlggs , whom the wings sup
ported , beat him by some 15,000 votes.
It was the yjcar when James 1C. Pollc
was elected president , and when
ho was making up his cabinet ho
selected Air. Bancroft as secretary of
the navy , llo filled the place for nearly
two years , anil then resigned. All the
men who were at the head of the navy
department for nearly twonty-ilvo year's
after Mr. Bancroft withdrew arc long
since dead. The living men who have
been its secretaries are George M.
Kobeson , who served under President
Grunt from1859 to 1873. nnd Is yet n
stormy petrol in republican poli
tics in Now Jersey ; the ' 'An-
I'iont Mariner of the Wabash , "
Richard W. Thompson , who was three
years with President Hayes , and is now
president of a railroad company :
Nathan Goff , jr. , who succeeded "Dick"
and is now a muinbor of congress from
West Virginia , and Senator SVilliam E.
Chandler of New Hampshire , who was
Arthur's secretary of the navy for the
last two years of that presidential term.
Jefferson Davis follows next to Mr.
Bancroft as regards the far-away date
of his cabinet service. Ho was President
Piorco's secretary of war. und hold of
fice during the fouV years of > that term ,
from 1853 to 18-57. Many of the men
who have since hold that place are dendj
hut some are yet among the living.
The great Pennsylvania commoner.
Simon Cameron , is the oldest of them ,
nud ho was in oillco in 18(51. ( General
J3olkuap , whoso fair fnco and grayish
whiskers nro often seen about Now York ,
is another. Ho was Grant's secretary
during his first term , and old Judge Al-
uhonso Tnft , who filled out most of Iho
term after Bolknnp's resignation , is oc
casionally heard from in Ohio politics.
George W. McCrary , of Iowa , another
forgotten statesman , wont into Hayes'
cabinet as war minister in 1877 , but soon
left it to take a place as United States
judge of ono of the western circuitsand"4
ho is now attorney for the Atohison , Topeka -
poka and Santa Fo railroad , with head
quarters at Kansas City. Robert T. Lin
coln was the hist of the secretaries of
this department under republican re
gime , and ho is practicing law in Chi
cago.
Kx-Postmastor General Horatio King
is another of tlio cabinet olTicers oftho
old days. Ho was in charge of that de
partment during the closing days of
Buchanan's administration in 1801 and
is yet a loading spirit in the social cir
cles of the capital. John A. Cresswell ,
who was Grant's postmar.ter general for
18UD to 1873 , is living on his farm over
in Maryland and has faded out of public
recollection , .lames N. Tynor , who
llllcd out the end of Marshall Jowitt's
term , is somewhere in Indiana and long
since out of public lifo. Thomas L.
lames , who mndo the department a suc
cess under Hayes , is president of the
Lincoln National bank , which the Vnn-
dorbilts own. Walter Q. Gresham , who
succeeded Timothy O. Howe during Ar
thur's term , is a judge of the United
States court , and Krank Ilatton , the
last and ono of the best of the men who
managed that important department
while under republican control , has
gone back to ills old love nnd is a suc
cessful editor once more.
The other day the papers told about
Lho colobuation of the anniversary of
Hugh McCullouh's wedding at Wash
ington , llo was secretary of the treas
ury under Lincoln and Johnson , from
1803 to 1809 , and George S. Botitwoll ,
who followed him in Grant's first term ,
is now a gray-haired , stoop-shouldered
nwyer in Washington. William A.
Liicliardson , another of the secretaries
under Grant , Is a judge of the court of
claims in the national capital , and Ben
[ Iristow , who was his Bucueeaor , is prac
ticing law in Now Yon ; . John Shor-
nan , who , directed Hayes' financial pol-
cy , is of coin-be too familiar a character
to require comment , nnd his old friend
ind tit one time follow presidential can-
didnlo , ox-Senator William Windom of
Minnesota , who was in Garfiold's cabi-
tot SH growing rich nnd dignified as ono
of the busincba magnates of the country.
Up in his quiet home on the Hudson
, ho venerable Hamilton Fish , who dur-
ng all the eight years of Grant's presi
dency so honorably and ably managed
our foreign relations , yet lives in the
lonorablo retirement which his grout
lublic services merit. Ho boars the
iveight of his fourscore years with
ilurdy hoalthfulncssnnd lakes as imioh
nterctbt , in a quiet way , in public affairs
is ho did nearly fifty years ago , when
10 was elected a member of congress on
the wig ticket from Now York. The
> ther two statesmen who have been at
ho head of this department are yet
llling prominent places in public ut-
.untinn , nnd their histories are n part
of our ovory-day lifo. It > vill bo some
time yet before cither of them passes
ou ( , ° * tno recollection of 'this genera-
, ion. Their names are William M.
Evarts and James G. Blino.
There uro quite a number of the old
fontloinon who once managed the in-
, < irlor department yet in the land of the
ivlng. John P. Usher , who served
under Lincoln ia 1803 , its the oldest ia
point of sorvico. ZIo ia nonra latfya
for the Union Pacific railroad , ftpd out
of politics for the last twenty years *
James Harlnn , who was another of Mr ? .
Lincoln's appointments is passing his
last declining years on a farm In Iowa.
Jacob .D. Cox , who wont Into office in
1B09 , is now a lawyer ill Cincinnati.-
Columbus Dolano , who served from
1870 to 1876 , is raising sheep in Ohio ,
Carl Sehurz , who was Hayes' right-
hand mnn , is in Now YorketlU stirring
up occasional political storms ; Samuel
J. Kirkwood , of Iowa , is n * gray-haired
nnd disappointed politician nt homo ,
where ho was lately boon a candidate
for congress. Uonry M. Toiler , who
was President Arthur's appointment , la
back in his scat ns ono of the senators
frofn Colorado.
Horatio King amends the above rec
ord as follows : Philip P. Thomas , of
Maryland , was appointed secretary of
the treasury December 12 , 18CO , nnd
served until Gonornl John A. Dlx sue-1
cccdod him , January 11 , 1801. Of ex-
secretaries of war yet surviving thora
nro Joseph Holt , retired as a brigndioo
general of the army , and residing m
Washington ; GonorniJohn M.Shcoliold ,
United States army , appointed May 20 ,
1808 ; James D. Cameron , now senator ,
appointed May 22,1870 , nnd Alexander
Hnmsoy , of Minnesota , who was in Pres
ident Hayes' cabinot. Of ox-postmastora
general , wo still have James Campbell ,
of Philadelphia , appointed Maroh G *
1853 ; Joseph Holt , appointed March 14 ,
1859 , on the death of Postmaster Gen
ornl Aaron V. Brown , of Tonncssconnd
David M. Key , now a United States
jttugo in Tennessee , who was Presi
dent Hayes' Jlrst postmaster gonoralap <
printed March 12 , 1877. Alexander H.
H.Stuart of Staunton , Va. , whoso ap-
polntmont as secretary of the intoriot'
bears date September 12,1850 , is not
"buried , " but still doubtless takes a
lively interest in public affairs. Mv Im
pression is that O. H. Browning of" Illi
nois , appointed fcocrotnry of the interior
July 27 , 18SO is also among the living.
Of course till know that L. Q. C. Lamar ,
now Mr. Justice Lamar , recently hold
the oillco of secretary of the interiors
Of surviving cx-nUornoys-gonornl , besides
sides these named in the article above
referred to , there are : E. Rockweed
Hoar , of Concord , Mass. , appointed
March 4,1809 ; Gooi o II. Williams , of
Oregon , whoso appointments boar date
of December U , 1871 , and March ! , 1873 :
Edwards Pierropont , of Now York , ap
pointed April 20,1885 ; Charles Dovons ,
now supreme court judge in Massachu
setts , appointed March 12 , 1887 , nnd
Wayne MaeVcagh , of Pcnnsylvnniaap-
poinlcd March 6 , 1881 , by President
Garilcld.
Territorial Days.
BKADLKY FLAT , Dak. , April 14.
[ Correspondence of the BISK. ] Long
years ago , when Nebraska was a terri
torial infant and Omaha was its capital
and metropolitan city , I was a resident
of Nebraska City , then a thriving vil
lage of a few hundred inhabitants , sup
ported chiefly by the emigration to.
Pike's Peak nnd the freighting enterprise -
priso of Russell , Majors & Waddcl.
Since that time I have wandered
through New Mexico , Arizona , Old
Mexico , California. Oregon , Nevada ,
Idahc , Utah. Washington territory ,
Wyoming , and at lust I am anchored in
the Black Hills. During all my
travels my mind lias always re
verted back to Nebraska as it
wus in these good old palmy days
when stage coaches nnd freighting out
fits wore plenty and railroads wore un
known. The site of the present capitol
was the hunting ground of , the Indian
and the homo 6f the coyote1 , and BulTalo
froquontly. made their appearance on
Salt Creek and its immediate vicinity.
J. Sterling Morton and Bob Purnas
wore the only two representative poli
ticians that Nebraska could boast o (
then and woo bo-to the political aspit-
ant who fell under their oratorical
power. When I look back over the last
thirty years and see what the march ot
empire has done toward setting up this
vast American desert I am amazed and
astonished and I ask myself how long
will it bo till every acre of the public
domain that is susceptible of cultiva
tion will bo owned and cultivated by
somebody. Surely the next generation
will find hard work to got homos with
out money and without price.
This country of the Black Hills at the
present time offers about the same in
ducements that Nebraska olTcred
twenty-five or thirty years ago. I
menu of course in regard to agricul
ture. There is no comparison in re
gard to the other resources of this coun
try as Nobrabka never laid any claim to
mineral wealth to speak of. With our
abundanct ) of mineral with our abund
ance of timber nnd with our abundance
of nutritious grasses and fine agricul
tural land and with railroads leading
this way from every point of the com
pass who can predict what the
wealth of this country will be twenty-
live years hence. As this country in
creases in wealth and prosperity so also
will Nebraska keep on increasing as
she is the national gateway through
which all our products of wealth and
prosperity must roll on towards the
marts of the world. I will at some
future time give to your readers a do-
scridtion of our wonder land of the
Black Hills as compared with the terri
tories west of us. O. S. O. MOUNT.
TIII3 BIA.KCJI1NG OV AUBHISS.
The best examples of forced marches In
modern times are puritans these performed
by Huvoloclc and Lord Clyde In thu Indian
mutiny of 18SJ.
Perhaps the llncst examples In all history
of strategic marches are found in Napoleon's
campaigns in Italy in 1TOO nnd the campaign
on Danube in 1605.
During the rebellion the march of the see >
end army corps , Ootobor 11,18U3 , of seventy-
six miles In llfty-Hix hours , lighting two en *
gagemcnts , crossing two rivers and guard
ing baggage , is exceptional.
During the war of the roholllon ffookor'H
corps , the Klovonth and Twelfth consolida
ted-li.OOO strong , wns moved from Virginia
to Uridgeiwrt , Tumi. , with all ita baggage
and supplies , In HOVOII diiys.
The advance of Washington on New Yorlc
In 178' ! , und the deception ot the JJritisli
thereby , while ho roully marched on Corn
wall ! * ut Yorktown , must , also over stand
out as u strategic inarch of the highest or
der ,
Another instance of Hucccssful water
trnnnportatlon is the move of the Twenty-
llfth army corps from City 1'oint to Texas
in May , 18fi5. The corps conulsU-d of 2Tiy)0 ( )
mcn'J,000 horses , will ) guns , wagons , ammu
nition , ambulances , etc.
An Unpleasant Itecoptlon.
Cleveland Plain Dealer : Silas Jack-
man und Eph Jones , two Canal street
Africans , were talking about Epli'b ton-
Scnt'ios to boa lady-killur.
"I won' down to see 'Liza las' night ,
di , said Eph.
"Did you ? " said Silas ,
" 'Deed I did. An'law ' mo. Si , you
know what kind of a man 'Lisa s faddor
amV"
" 'Deed I does. Dat ole coon's got do
biggest feet , ob any darky in town. "
' 'Well , you'so a talkin\ When I got
to 'Liza's house las' night I met with a
wahm rccopshun. "
"Did youV"
" "Deed I did. Say.you know dat man
Coonoy Hooky"
"Yen. "
"I got do same kind ob rcoopabiin
Coonoy got on election day , "
"What uz thalV"
"I got do feet. "