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IT is not every mother-in-law whoso
presence is agreeable. But Queen Vic
toria's visit to Emperor Frederick Is
said to have brought the roses to his
checks.
ASSUIIANCK comes to us oillclally all
the way from Washington that neither
Senator Mandorson nor Senator Pad
dock were for or against the relocation
of the Niobrura land office. The strict
neutrality of our senators cannot fail to
bo very gratifying to the citizens of
O'Neill and Niobrara as well us to all
Other parties concerned.
IT is not out of place for the BEE to
say a good Word for Mr. Nat M.
Brlgham , who is so closely identified
with the musical circles of our city. A
glance nt the gentleman's Interview
Tvith the Boston Ilcruld concerning
Omaha , reprinted in another column ,
will show that Mr. Brighum , can do as
much in aiding Omaha's commercial in
terests ns ho has done in elevating our
musical tastes.
IT is now definitely known at the na
tional capital that President Cleveland's
intentions with regard to the vacant
chief justiceship are decidedly indefi
nite. This definitely disposes of all the
rumor , gossip and gabble which for the
past thirty days has boon wired from
AVushington by enterprising news
mongers , and , affords them further scope
for exorcising their ingenuity in con
cocting political fiction.
THE terrible accido'ut on the main
line of the Burlington road near Alma ,
which is said to have boon caused by a
washout under the foundations of a
bridge , should bo promptly nnd thor
oughly Investigated by the state board
of transportation , and the facts ascer
tained by the board should bo made
public without reserve. If the accident
is duo to negligence on the part of the
managers of the road , they should beheld
hold responsible.
tlT will bo well if the anniversary of
General Grant's birthday shall here
after bo regularly celebrated , not
merely by banquets in a few cities , as
on lost Friday evening , but generally ,
so that the whole people can share in it
nnd thereby manifest the nation's ro-
epcct for the memory of the great
Boldior. The fame of Grant will grow
brighter with the years , and the more
carefully his claims to the honor of his
countrymen are .studied the stronger
they will appear. It Is an essential
part of the education of the people in
patriotism that they shall not bo allowed
to forgot patriots whose ability and vir
tues contributed to maintain and cement
the union. Of these General Grant
must always bo reckoned with the great-
oat.
ENGLISH constitutional writers have
pointed out the fact that the political
complexion of Europe is gradually bo-
'GmnJntj Americanised. Imperceptibly
the British have absorbed American
ideas of government which become a
part of their laws after passing through
the hands of parliament. In Franco
there is n general feeling that the
'French constitution is imperfect , and
Vhat the best thing to do is to throw it
nsido and frame a body of laws as nearly
modeled after the constitution of the
United States as the structure of that
country will pomit. Having imbibed
the first principles of a republic from the
French savants of the last century , the
United States will gladly give tholr descendants
scendants the benefit of the draft which
liati withstood the straining test of war
If and pence ,
f THEltK is favorable 'promise ' that railroad -
| | : road construction this year will bo very
| | much largo'r than was expected when
If' the year opened. During the first threu
Ift months nearly eleven hundred miles ol
lltrack were laid , exceeding the number
| f , \pf miles for the corresponding period ol
last your. On this fact a lending rail-
\vayjournnloxpro&sc3 the opinion that
railroad building for this year will not
fall below eight thout > und miles , nnd
may reach twelve thousand miles , ot
oven exceed tha - figure. A largo num
ber of now enterprises in the way ol
railroad building are projected , particu
larly in the southern and southwestern
states and in the territories , and all the
indications , are that railway construction
will greatly oxceoa what was expected
at the beginning of the your , with the
possibility of reaching pretty close tc
last year's record of nearly thirteen
thousand miles.
International Expositions.
The present year will bo memorable
for international expositions , nnd ns
none of them would bo regarded as
complete without nn American exhibit ,
if this country Is'roprosonted in each a
considerable sum must bo drawn for the
purpose fiom the national trcnsury.
Already bills have passed congress ap
propriating fifty thousand dollars for nn
exhibit nt Melbourne nnd thirty thous
and dollars for nn exhibit nt Barcelona.
A bill appropriating thirty thousand
dollars for an American exhibit at
Brussels has boon favorably reported
to the house , and it is proposed to
appropriate a quarter of a
million for an exhibit of the man
ufactures and' products of the
United States at the Paris exposi
tion. Thcso aggregate a sum of
throe hundred nnd sixty thousand dollars
lars which it Is proposed the govern
ment shall expend for a display of the
nation's products In the expositions of
other.lands. Besides this congress is
expected to make appropriations for
having the government represented at
the Ohio valley exposition and the uni
versal exposition of 1802 to commemo
rate the discovery ot America , while
the colored exposition proposed to beheld
held in Atlanta asks a loan of four hun
dred thousand dollars that would doubt
less amount practically to a gift. It is
probable , therefore , that not less than
ono million dollars will bo appropriated
by the present congress for exhibits in
international and domestic expositions.
The practical question is whether
this method of advertising the coun
try's products will result in sufficient
benefit to repay the outlay. There is
no doubt that those expositions have a
measure of commercial value for those
who'pnrticiputo in them , nnd unques
tionably It is the policy of a great and
prosperous industrial nation to avail
itself of them to a certain extent. Our
government is happily in condition to
afford a liberal expenditure on this ac
count , nnd If there was a reasonable cer
tainty of advantages equal to the outlay
the people would not disapprove of a
much larger sum to bo expended than
is now proposed. But there can bo no
such certainty with respect at
least to some of these projected expositions -
positions , nnd it may fairly be
doubted whether as to these the sums
appropriated or proposed will not prove
to bo wasteful extravagance. There
arc sound commercial reasons why the
United States should bo well repre
sented nt Melbourne and Paris , but an
expenditure of sixty thousand dollars at
Brussels and Barcelona would probably
bo nothing more than a contribution to
international amity , and productive of
no material benefits of consequence.
We should cultivate the good will of
the nations , but only on such terms of
fair reciprocity as will assure mutual
advantages as nearly equal as possible.
The duty of the government to aid the
people in bringing their products to
the notice of the world is con
ceded on all hands , but this
should bo done discreetly with
reference to the advantages to be do-
rived. A reasonable estimate of these
may bo made in connection with an ex
hibit in Belgium and Spain , and wo do
not think it would bo such as to justify
the proposed appropriations. The truth
is that so long as the existing fiscal
policy of the United States remains as n
barrier between us and the markets of
the world for our manufactured pro
ducts , nnd we continue dependent upon
foreign ship owners for the transporta
tion of those products , our exhibits in
foreign expositions , however creditable ,
cannot bo counted upon to bo largely
profitable.
The State and education.
It will be a misfortune to the people
of this country if they shall over lose
interest in the discussion of the public
school system in any of its relations.
Greatly important ns many other ques
tions are , this is certainly of paramount
importance. In the series of papers on
the public schools that have boon con
tributed to the Forum by some of the
oldest thinkers in the country on this
subject , it is nn important fact that all
agree in the opinion that the state is
not justified in providing public educa
tion beyond what is necessary to intelli
gent citizenship. This is unquestiona
bly the irond of the most Intelligent
thought of the time regarding
the relation of the state tc
the public schools , nnd It is
well to note it as indicating a probable
reaction , not far away , from
the tendency which has de
veloped in the past do/.en or twenty
years to load the state with the re
sponsibility for a system of public edu
cation which goes very far beyond what
is necesbnry to intelligent citizenship ,
The view of those who would restrict
the obligations of the state in the matter -
tor of public education is thus tersely
stated in ono of. the Forum papers :
"Public teaching has little or nothing
to do , then , except to deal with what la
level with average condition. Excep
tional talent , and the exceptional treat
ment duo to it , belong to individual
enterprise and to philanthropy. The
state is not in the philanthropic busi
ness ; it is no parent , has no personal
regards , no affections. Its duties arc
horizontal , not vortical. High schools
colleges and universities are an ud <
vantage to the minority ; but the state
goes out of its province in maintaining
them , unless it can show that by sue !
maintenance it ad vantages the majority
which It might not bo easy to do. " The
idea is to adjust the matter on a basis ol
wholesome utilitarianism.
It need hardly bo bald that this view
does not find universal acceptance ; thai
there uro thoKO who argue it is quite a :
much the business of the Btato to provide
for the teaching of its youth in the bcl
onccs , in philosophy , in jurisprudence
as it is for it to provide for the euro n ;
the idiotic , the blind , or the phenomen
ally incompetent ; that it is a narrow
and unwise principle that would leave
all the chances of higher education tc
the rich , There is some obvious weak'
uessin the opposing argument , but it h
not wholly without strength , and skill
fully employed would not fall to wli
wide nnd respectful consideration. Yoi
all who consider this matter Intclll
gently and without prejudice mu = t !
grant thut there ought to bo a limit { <
the obligations of the state in relation
to public education , The Important
matter to determine Is where the line
should bo drawn. This is what the cur
rent discussion has chiefly in view , and as
wo have said its general drift is in
Javor of a curtailment of the obligations
of the state to such provision for the in
struction of Its youth ns will equip them
for intelligent citizenship. It contem
plates ns the solo duty of the state to
plvo to every child a series of years
which nro devoted to mental discipline ,
leaving him at the end of the specified
time with n nucleus around which ho
can over afterward build. In other
words , nt the public school ho Is to
learn the alphabet of education , so that
ho may go through llfo spelling his
way nnd over acquiring now knowledge.
AX clergymen , that is to say
the ministers of the United States , will
watdli with extreme interest the case
now pending In the United Slates cir
cuit court of Now York ngalnst the
wardens of Trinity church over the Im
portation from England of Bov. U. Wai-
polo Warren. The facts are still fresh
in the public mind how Trinity ohurch
of Now York made an agreement with
Mr. E. Wnlpolo Warren from Great
Britain to take charge of the church upon
an agreed salary. In making such aeon-
tract the church corporation laid Itself
open to a charge of violating the statute
forbidding importation of contract
labor. Of course the wardens and
vestrymen of Trinity deny that the hir
ing of clergymen comes within the letter -
tor or intent of the statuto. But the
district attorney insists that the law
has been violated since n preacher can
not claim the exception in favpf of
actors , artists \ and singers. The case
was taken under advisement. Peculiar
as this case is , it will excite universal
interest and could be made the subject
of many a pulpit sermon. Homo-preach
ing and homo-talent deserve tucour-
agoment in preference to the im
ported article. Preachers can make
a strong plea for protection.
Ton of the best paying churches in
Now York city nro served by imported
clergymen. The homo product is
thereby brought into sharp competition
with this foreign labor. Meanwhile
American theological schools , which
are infant industries just as much as
woolen mills , are turning out every
year enough of this form of labor pro
duct to fully supply the homo demand.
In spite of its oddity , this question is
sufficiently serious to bo looked at as
ono of our labor problems.
THE conrso of Mr. Andrew Carnoglo ,
in securing the services of. a .body of
Pinkerton hirelings to guard his works ,
is justly condemned by those who ap
preciate the pernicious character of this
practice of employing private and irresponsible - _
sponsiblo mercenaries to perform a duty"
which belongs to the local or state
authorities. The Now York Cumniemul
Advcrthcr thus refers to the matter :
Wo do not believe in povcrnmont by
Pinkerton , nnd for that reason wo cannot bo
entirely satisfied , with the auspices under
which Mr. Carnegie's extensive iron works
reopen. There is no reason , it seems to ui ,
for calling in thoscrvico of a cohort of private
mercenaries at such a juncture. The duty of
preserving order inheres m the state , and , as
Pennsylvania knows to her cost , the state is
pecuniarily responsible for the maintenance
of order within its borders , With this in
mind , it Jars on one to llnd corporations and
business men relying on a detective agency
for protection rather than on the regular
and properly constituted machinery of the
law , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Tiiu right to marry one's deceased
wife's sister has been nsubject for agita
tion in the British parliament for many
years. To Americans , the prohibition
appears highly ridiculous. But in Eng
land it is considered a serious l6gal
restriction. At every session of the
commons a bill to logulr/.o the marriage
of one's sister-in-law Is introduced nnd
is passed with little objection. But the
lords have invariably defeated the
measure by overwhelming odds. The
question , of course , is solely ono of ex
pediency in the interest of inherited
powers. There is no question of morals
in it. The bill has again passed the
house of commons and goes up to the
house of lords for its periodical veto. If
this state of things will go on much
longer , the deceased wife's sister bill
may become an Issue of such importance
as to rock the British constitution from
center to circumference.
IT has boon finally decided by the
Chicago local committee to hold the
national republican convention in the
now auditorium building. There wns
a strong movement to call the mooting
In the famous exposition building , inas
much as the latter will Accommodate at
least a thousand more spectators. The
trouble heretofore has been that the
gallery has had altogether too much to
say In influencing the deliberations of
the convention. An enthusiastic packed
gallery &eoms irresistible in carrying
delegates with a rush to support the
popular here of the hour. Shrewd polit
ical managers have taken advantage
of this more than once at Chicago. But
in the auditorium , where the seating
capacity Is limited , demonstrations of
this character will ho chocked consider
ably. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THE educational world is at present
watching with considerable interest and
impatience the work of completing the
great Lick telescope and observatory on
Mount Hamilton in California. The
event is likely to mark an epoch In as
tronomy. No expense has been spared
to perfect an instrument which shall
combine all the latest inventions and
discoveries in that science. The tele-
bcopo Itself is equipped with the largest
lenses over used. The observatory has
been built with every known mechani
cal appliance that can aid in the work.
With such an instrument the heavens
will bo read as an open book , nnd the
stars will bo more punctuation marks
across the page.
THE United States senate wants to in
vestigate the alcohol habit. The propo
sition is to create a commission of five ,
to bo appointed by the president , which
shall continue not to exceed t\io years ,
and which shall during that time prose
cute a searching investigation regard
ing-tho uioiul , economic and political
Stupid Throats.
When the Qentrul Labor union of
Federated Traacsiaisscd those "roast
ing' resolution ' ? flouounclng mo for
compelling carp'ciiters to work on the
Br.K building inoro hours nt loss pay
than was being earned by carpenters
employed elsewhere In this city , I made
n random guess that the Central Labor
union was n fraud , and the men who In
stigated those resolutions personal or
political enemies , who had n spllo
to gratify , or htul boon hired
by rival publishers to incite
worklngnien ngalnst mo under
false pretenses. The fact that
not a single carpenter has yet boon em
ployed in Iho now BEE building atTordotl
suniclout proof that the men behind
those resolutions wore not familiar with
lire-proof buildings and not employed at
nny building trade.
My suspicions have boon fully con
firmed. The so-called Central Labor
union Is chiefly composed of confed
erated professional workingmen who
deal in votes and make a living chiefly
in black-mailing candidates. I have
it from very good authority that
those Infamous resolutions wore
gotten up in the Omaha
'World oftlco by certain printers
who had made themselves conspicuous
in upholding tho'attoinpt to burn down
the BEE building four years ago , and
have on various occasions shown their
malignity.
It Is also reported to mo that an edi
tor of that sheet was consulted and gave
his approval to the dastardly effort of
the confederated slanderers.
Last Sunday the following call ap
peared prominently on the editorial
page of the llepublican'
A IAI10H MKCTIXO.
A Joint meeting of labor unions or the city
is to bo hold at the council chamber nt 2
o'clock this afternoon. The object of the
meeting is not stated , but the presumption is
that the strike of brlckliiycra will receive at
tention.
The possibility that another sotot reso
lutions may bo adopted is calculated to
interest the owner of the building "at the
corner of Seventeenth and Farnam streets"
in the proceedings.
This call for labor unions was spuri
ous , and its object was carefully con
cealed by the parlies' who got it up.
The labor union is wore entirely ignorant
of it , and Bcnrcly..uwaro- the object
aimed at. ThbU dtineil chamber had
been secured fotvn union labor meeting ,
but nobody known to bo responsible or
prominent as nnjoHitjor of labor unions
was willing to father the call. Hence ,
the meeting proved a fizzle in point of
numbers or representation of trades
unions. The 'bricklayers , who were
supposed to be most interested , were
conspicuous for their absence.
When my attention was directed to
the implied threats contained in the
PeimlUuin editorial , I decido'd to
attend the moolilTg and meet my ac
cusers face tov acb , if there wore
any daring enough to charge in my hear
ing that I had misused or betrayed the
workingmon. Less than thirty persons
beincr present by actual count I did not
deem it worth while to enter the room.
The promoters of this gathering dis
creetly concluded to avoid discussion of
the BJK building and contented them
selves with proposing a grand parade of
workingmcn in honor of Mr. McGuire.
This was eminently proper and met
with my hearty approval. Mr. Mc
Guire is reputed to bo a representative
of progressive American labor and a man
of excellent diameter. The only question
in my mind was , whether the parade
would be a success in view of the short
notice and lack of preparations. This
idea expressed through the BKE has
been distorted into hostility to the dem
onstration by designing purUcs who
are trying to make political capital
against the BISK. And now I am relia
bly Informed that the proposed demon
stration has another object besides
showing the strength of organized labor
in Omaha and its sympathy for the union
bricklayers now out of employment.
One of the chiefs of the confeder
ated Central Labor union is boast
ing that the procession will
march past'tho BEE olllco and "hoot"
as it passes. This throat has no terrors
for mo. If carried out , it will reflect
discredit upon decent workmen who
have allowed themselves to bo misled
by a gang of vagabonds who have
brought labor into disrepute in this
city time and a train by tholr disgrace
ful conduct. For myself , I defy t at
gang to do tholr worst. My relations
to the working people have undergone
no change and my course towards
workingmen Is too well known to rc-
quire any explanation. But I detest
hypocrisy , and I warn workingmen here
and now against allowing themselves to
play cats-paw for the hypocrites and
knaves who have boon trying to build
up broUon-wlndod and unpopular papers
by lying about mV in connection with
the bricklayers' s rll o.
( J E. ROSEWATEU.
Mrs. Lio'gnil's Views.
DETIIOIT , Mlou.- April 23. [ Special Tele
gram to the BEE ; ] Mrs. General Logan ,
who is In the city on business , was approached
preached last nlgut'as to her thoughts on the
political outlook. < Shoioplied ! that her in
terests In politics have fiono slnco her bus-
band's death , but sold she had heard a great
deal of talk nbout , , General Algor as presi
dential candidate , and all the republicans
speaking on the subject seamed to think him
n first cla-is man ; ono who could bo elected.
Slnco Mr , Uliiino's .withdrawal she said Mr.
Algcr's nimo hud bnuuiespecially prominent
in Washington
A' 'Denial.
DETKOIT , April 3. An Evening Journal
special from Washington , says that Senator
Stanford told the Journal reporter that nil
the talk about him as n presidential candidate
was absurd. Ho is not now and never bos
been a candidate , and does not wish to bo
considered as such.
Assigned.
NEW YORK , April 28. P. Link & Co. ,
wines , assigned to-aay. Preferences amount
to fJ3,000. _
. The Weekly Statement.
New Yoitic , April 23. The wcenly bank
statement shows the reserve Increased
$1,870,000. The banks . - now hold J10 , 197,000 ,
Itoad Offerings.
WisniNOTON , April 83. TUe bond offer
ings to-day atnonufM to 11,031,000.
OMAHA KNOWN TO FAME.
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A Townsman Tolls the Bonn-Enters ol
Onr Wondrous Growth.
In a recent issue , the Boston Herald
prints the following interview with an
Omaha man ! It is not often that ono
moots a more enthusiastic western man ,
or ono bettor primed with information
about the city ho lives in and the grow
ing country around it , than Mr. Nat Mt
Brlgham , of Omaha , who has boon here
on n visit for a few weeks. Mr. Brigham -
ham is well known in Boston , where ho
was for some years prominent In athletic
and musical circles. Ho will bo remem
bered as n member ol the famous ' 73and
' 70 Harvard 'Vorsity crow. Slnco 1885
ho has mndo his homo in Omaha , to
which great nnd growing town the mod
ern Atlicns has contributed so many de
sirable citizens and so many millions of
money , and his enthusiasm in behalf of
the plnco of his adoption , its growth nnd
its progress , Is groat. In the course "of
conversation , the writer asked why
Omnha din not seem to enjoy nn equal
share of public attention with Minne
apolis. St. Paul and Kansas City.
"It is true that Omaha has not been
well advertised , " replied Mr. Brlgham ,
"and this has boon very thoroughly Im
pressed upon mo during my trip oast.
The fact is duo almost entirely to n lax
ity on the part of her business men.
They Imvvo ooon content to see the city
grow to its present proportions without
inviting the aid of eastern capital. "
"At what figures do you put the popu
lation of Omaha ? "
"An even 100,000 ! ! Many give figures
above this limit , but I prefer to bo con
servative in my statement , for the cold
blooded census man will bo around soon.
However , even
A HOUND 1IUNDUED THOUSAND
Is n remarkable showing. If you had
'looked ' from the Iowa bank of the Mis-
ROurl in the 8-immor of 1854 , you would
have seen but a single cabin whore a
thriving metropolis' now stands. The
Mormons nt this time made Council
Bluffs their headquarters , and a little
later established \vintorqunrtors at the
village of Florence , which is about six
miles north of our city. The Mormons
established friendly relations with the
Omaha Indians , und the village of
Florence became quite a prosperous
town. From this point , on April 4 ,
1847 , Brigham Young started with his
band of pioneers to discover a perma
nent location. "
"What wore the causes which led to
the sudden growth of Omaha ? "
"In order to answer that question I
must go buck to the founding of the
city. It was not until 1851 that Ne
braska had oven a territorial govern
ment , and within two or three years the
city had a population of 200 or 300 pie
neers.There was no further activity
until 1850 , when the project of building
the Union Pacific was first agitated ,
and Omaha profited by the vast immi
gration to the gold fields of California.
At the completion of the road Omaha
possessed a population of 10,000. From
1870 to 1880 the growth was only moder
ate , and the population had increased
to 30,000. In the meantime the wonder
ful country around Omaha was rapidly
filling up. The immense corn belt in
whic.h Omaha lies had boon undergoing
a change. The big ranches had
boce giving way to small farms
and prosperous towns nnd cities
were springing up all over the state.
Omaha was the natural distributing
center , and in 1880 she felt for the first
time the impetus of a great boom. In
1883 the population of the city was 48-
000 ; in 1885 it was (55,000 ( ; in 1886 it was
85,000 ; in 1887 it was 0,000 ! ) , and this
year it very likely reaches 110,000 , and
'is still growing. "
"Is Omaha much of a manufacturing
place ? "
"Wo are doing pretty well in lhat re
gard. Still , there is the best possible
opening for live men in the manufactur
ing line , whom wo will gladly welcome
and encourage. Wo have the largest
smelting and refining works in the
world , the biggest linseed oil works in
America , distilleries , breweries , boiler
works , barbed wire factories , white lead
works , Hour mills , etc. , employing alto
gether
$5,000,000 CAPITAL AND 5,000 MEN
Omaha is , first of all , a great commer
cial center. Commerce has boon the
greatest factor in its growth thus far.
Jobbing and pork packing nro our
trump card. Wo have 800 jobbing
houses with $12,000,000 capital invested ,
nnd the sales in 1887 reached $15,000,000.
The future of Omaha's trade is very
bright. She has a splendid tributary
country , none better in the world Ne
braska itself , with 70HX ( ) square miles
nnd a million of inhabitants. Thentoo ,
her jobbers penetrate , and cover in
their respective lines , Idaho , Wyoming ,
Utah , Colorado , Nevada and even Ore
gon. Thirteen great railroads center
ing in Omaha pour a ceaseless tldo of
migrating humanity through the
town. "
"What docs the pork packing Indus
try amount to in Omah ? " Mr. Bingham
was asked.
"Omaha is the largest pork-packing
center in the world , and It has jumped
to this position in the last three years.
In 1885 South Omaha packing houses
used but 78,000 hogs. In 1880 237,000
were killed , and in 1887 over 1,000,000.
Omaha lies in the very heart of the
corn belt , and must bo the headquarters
of this industry in * its section of the
country ; for beyond the Rocky moun
tains there > 's practically no corn land.
Five of the heaviest concerns in the
United States are already hero , and the
business of their packing and slaugh
tering houses has reached such proportions
tions that the receipts from hogs , sheep
and cattle will average $100,000 pot-
day. "
"How about your city finances ? "
"Thoy are in excellent condition.
Whoever owns an Omaha bond to-day
has tangible security of $100 for every
dollar the obligation calls for. I should
add that public improvements of the
most valuable description nro rapidly
going forward , and at least $2,000,000 is
to bo spent in this way during the cur
rent year. "
"What about your public schools ? "
"First rate
EDUCATIONAL MATTEUS
do not lack rjuttontion in Omaha. Two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars are
to bo expended this year In building
nnd adding to school houses , to provide
for the accommodation of the rapidly
increasing army of children , 19,237 in
number , according to the census just
completed for 1888. The standard of
scholarship is high , the teachers com
petent and the balaries paid as liberal
as in many of our larger cities. Text
books nro furnished without expense to
the pupils , and every facility alforded
for mental nnd manual training. Even
the science of domestic economy , in
cluding the art of cookery , is now being
taught In the high school department
with gratifying success. You may say ,
and the assertion will bo warranted by
facts , that Oranha is fairly to the front
} n the matter of public or private
schools. "
"You feel satisfied that Omaha has a
great future buforo her ? "
"Beyond poradventuro. Her commer
cial importance is already established.
She really needs no 'booming. ' Boar
in mind that Omaha is not alone in this
tremendous development , for she is in
tho. midst of a most wonderful agricul
tural country , which is being rapidly
settled by thrifty farmers. The town ?
nnd cities throughout Nebraska rcsom
bio Omaha in n certain way , for they
nro all bright and busy , and growing
rapidly. As they growso grows Omaha.
There Is n certain thrift and enterprise
about the people which make Nebraska
essentially a northern state. Indeed , I
think n Bostonlnn might take un his
rosidonoo in Omaha without missing
many of the delights of the Hub.
Musically , Omaha Is far advanced.
She boasts a Ladles' Musical
society , nnd also nn Apollo club a male
organization of thirty voices. Wo Imvo
had two weeks of the national oporn.
Wo have had Patti and Patll , by the
way , took from Omaha more money for
ono night's performance than she ever
received in a single night In nny Amer
ican city. Wo linvo Booth and Barrett ,
Langtry , Salvlni , Bornhnrdt and all
the lessor lights of the stage.
"I hope my enthusiasm does not run
away with mo , " said Mr. Brigham , in
conclusion , "but there is a unique
pleasure in living in a growing western
city , which you would readily under
stand if you wore once in such a plnco
yourself. Omaha Is the half-way house
between Boston nnd San Francisco. Wo
call her the 'Gate City , ' and the gates
nro always open. Ono thing more.
Omaha Is the most hospitable town in the
United States , and in time she will be
ono of the most beautiful. Don't for
got Omaha , If you nro passing by , and
don't wait too long , for In 1000 you will
find her a metropolis of 300,000 inhabi
tants.
ROSCOE CONKLING.
Reminiscences of the Demi Statesman
by n Journalist.
Washington Letter to Kansas City
Journal : Without possibly intending it ,
Koscoo Cohllng was always on parade.
From the waist up ho was n strikingly
hundsomo figure" From his waist down
ho was rather mcagerly equipped. His
legs were out of proportion with the
rest of his body , and looked shaky , so
much so that when ho walked , the
upper part of his body almost seemed to
bo dragging the rest of him after him.
Lllto all men of profound convictions ,
ho was apt to bo dogmatic in their as
sertion , and it was difficult for him to
regard with any degree of tolerance ,
opposition or contrary argument. 1
have noticed with considerable sur
prise that the press , since his death ,
has dwelt upon his retirement from the
senate us the most dramatic episode of
his lifo.
It was perhaps the most Influential
act of his career.
It was certainly the hinge on which
his entire future turned. It put him
absolutely behind the bar of preferment ,
nnfl although President Arthur did nis
best to conciliate him and to roinlro-
duce him to the foremostrrunk of influ
ence by nominating him to the chief
justiceship of the United States , the
generally accepted belief wasthatConk-
ling's public career was closed. Far
more dramatic than his quiet leaving of
the senate chamber was his magnificent
presence in the Chicago convention ,
when , as chief of the famous 300 third-
term Grant men , ho stood , the center of
applauding enthusiasts'for an hour and
a quarter , unnblo to make his voice
hoard beyond the limits of the report
ers' table on which ho stood.
What a memorable occasion I
What a magnificent audience , what
an inspiring scene. Conkling was
chairman of the Now York delegation.
Ho stood tallsome five feet ton or eleven
inches , and bore himself always with
conscious dignity , standing , when be
fore an audience , as though ho wore
carved in marble , particular about the
position of his feet , and thoughtfully
careful about the pose and angles of
his body. Ho was conspicuous
in all public assemblages , and on this
occasion ho was made the text for regu
lar applauding recognition. When ho
entered the hall , at the head of the
Now York delegation , the galleries in
variably burst forth with hurrahs and
clappings. The western men , who did
not care to bnVo Conkling's Grant
scheme succeed , and who believed they
had all they cared for of a general in
the chair of state , selected Garfield us
their here , and , when the Ohio delega
tion entered the halltho applause given
Garliold , its chairman , was just as great
as that given Conkling whonhoentored
nt the head of h s delegation. It has
always been a question in my mind
whether Conkling had concluded , prior
to the beginning of the balloting , that
Grant was not the choice. It has al
ways seemed to mo that hointuitionally
understood that the end had come , and
that his defiance , and the bitterness of
his memorable talk , sprang from the
conviction that no mutter what ho said
the end was foreordained , the verdict
was virtually rendered. The audience
numbered not less than 12,000people ,
and it has been estimated that there
were 15,000 in the rink. Garfield had
named what was facetiously called his
man , Mr. Sherman , and Mr. Joy had
misnamed his man , Mr. Blnlno , and
Now York was called for by thousands
upon thousands anxious to hear the im
passioned eloquence which they know
could bo with difficulty ( restrained , and
Conkling strode proudly to the plat
form. Standing on a reporter's table ,
holding a dainty cambric handkerchief
in his nervous hand , ho looked the au
dience over. An Inspiring scone.
Breathless with expectancy the great
multitude sat , huslicd , waiting , and
then with a voice clear as any boll , the
speaker said :
"When asked what stale ho hails from ,
Our solo response shull bo ,
Ho comes from Appomattox ,
And its famous upplo tree , "
That settled it.
That settled it for the next hour nnd
a quarter , during which time , as though
pandemonium itself had broken loose ,
the audience roared and shouted ,
screamed and yelled , while the lioro of
day stood patien I , waiting for his chance.
After the nomination of Garfield , which
ConKling saw \vas coming , so much so
that he wrote a line of sarcastic con
gratulations on the margin of a news
paper and parsed it to him as ho s.it
some ton or twelve benches in the rear ,
New York was offered , as a &op ,
the vice-presidency. Conkling ar
gued , threatened , stormed , insist
ing that Now York could not bo
bought nor bribed , The position
was oiTorod to Levi P. Morton , and Mr.
Morton , had ho consulted his own de
sire , would have accepted it , and hud
ho done so how the course of politics
would have changed , for at Garfiold's
death Morton , not Arthur , would have
been president , and the on tire political
complexion of Now York politics , and
therefore national politics , would have
boon as dlftoront to what it coon became
as light is dltferont from darkness. But
Morton declined , nt Conkling'b behest ,
It was then offered to Chester A , Ar
thur , Conkllng's nearest and dearest
friend , With him Conkling pleaded
long nnd earnestly , but , as Arthur sub-
bcquontly said , "This in ono chance of
a lifetime. Why should I fojr the grati
fication of a pinuo , now that Grant is
removed from all possibility of nomina
tion , bulk in my tent and decline to ac-
ncut so significant an honorV The result
wo know , but ono of the bitterest re
sults , minor , was a lack of cordiality , a
lack of interest , almost a breaking oil
of personal intercourse , and finally a
bitter feeling , a quarrel.almost.botwoen
the twp , which was never made up , a
broach which was rtover honied. During
the long waiting weeks , when Oarflola
sulTorcu agonies untold. Conkling was
a guest nt the Oriental hotel.
At that time Vica Presi
dent Arthur was thero. So were
Senator Don Cameron , General
John A , Logan , Senator Thomas O.
Plait , Emory A. Storrs , Senator Jonoa ,
of Nevada , nnd other men well known
in public llfo. Conkling had never
cared for Garfield specially , but ho wag
ono of his most ardent sympathizers in
the terrible strain to which ho was sub
jected , and anxiously noticed the toner
of every bulletin , Knowing very well
that , in the not remote iuturo , his old
time friend and ally would become the
chief oxocutlvo of the nation , and there
fore the head of the great party which
placed him there , I say much of Conk-
ling prior to this during the Indian
campaign , when everything trembled ,
as It wore ; in the balance , and It was a
question whether Gnrfllold's western
strength was sufficient to overcome
Knglish's money bags and presumed in
fluence in the state of his residence. I i
There was a hotel in Indianapolis
called the Now-Donlson , nnd there
Conkling wnn made to feel at homo ,
there being with him Senator Dorsoy.
Mr. John O. Now , George Gorham and
a Inrgo party of subordinate republican
lenders In the west. It was hard work
to make Conkling forgot his bitterness
of fooling , harder almost than to make
him forget his disappointment at the
non-ronomlnatlon of his friend nnd
chief , and when hoont to Indianapo
lis and thence radiated through
the 'state , and to a cer
tain extent through the western
states , itvns noticed that ho never al
luded to the name of either candidate ,
but confined himself , almost entirely.
In all his speeches , Id an elucidation of
his views , and the views of the republi
can party , in respect of the tariff , nnd
contenting himself also with reminding
the country of the significant services
done to the nation by the party those
candidates ho hoped would bo elected.
No figure of late years has been inoro
familiar on Broadway or Fifth avenue ,
in certain of our clubs , and especially
in the cafe of the Hoffman house , than
that of Roscoe Conkling. Ho was n
kindly disposed man , and not half so
proud , so austere , so haughty , as people
judged him. His manner was against
him. It almost scorned as though ho
loured a bolittloinont of judgment.
Ho spoke and acted as
though fearing a trap. Ho ignored
social claims in a remarkable degree. I
never saw ' him in the opera house , save
on two 'or three occasions , when ho
called to pay his respects to his
client , Mr. Pulitzer , with whoso fam
ily ho made n party now and then.
Ho WOH by no means a habitual tho-
after goer. Ho wont out of his way
very markedly , at the time of the Now
York Press club benefit , when ono of
the members of the club
delivered a lecture , which netted
$3.800 to the burial fund , to show
his regard for the boys. Ho purchased
and occupied a proscenium box , nnd did
much tooucouago the lecturer and the
audience by his considerate attention
and doubtless sincere courtesy. Conk-
ling had a fund of anecdote and story
which served him well on the platform ,
in the courts and amoung Mends in or
dinary intercourse. He didn't care to
go to public dinners , and it was a very
rare thing to find him in any public as
semblage unless ho was there as tuo
figure head. Ho cared less for social
intercourse than any man I over saw ,
nnd it would bo n lasting mistake If the
public at largo wore to judge of h is in
timacies , by the names upon the cards ,
left for him at the hotel during his last
illness. Ho was not a sociable man , and
ho was not given to entertainments.
Ho was fond of books , and athletic
sports , and particularly of long walks.
His last long walk used him up. Had
ho not boon determined , by unusual ex
ertion , to overcome the elements them
selves , to-day ho would bo among us
alive and well.
BOTTLES MADE OF PAPER.
They Are Snlil to lie Far Superior to
the Glass Article.
An attempt now being made on an extended -
tended scale to introduce bottles made
of paper into this country merits some
passing notice. The paper bottle in
dustry , which has achieved considerable
success in Chicago , and is gradually ex
tending throughout the United States ,
has not yet obtained any development
on this side of the Atlantic. Foremost
among the advantages accruing from
this now adaptation of paper is the fact
that the bottles are unbreakable , while
the cost at which they can bo placed on
the market Is considerably lower than
that of un article of the same size in
glass , stoneware or tin. A great saving
in weight Is moreover affected , a do-
Hidoration of no small moment where
cost of carriage of largo numbers has to
betaken into cpnsidoration , while the
cost of packing is reduced tea
a minimum , for breaking in
transit , which is a constant
source of loss with glass bottles is obvi
ously Impossible. Special machinery is
employed In the manufacture of paper
bottles. A long strip of paper of requi
site thickness having boon formed into
a tube by bending around a circular
"mandrel , " is covered externally with
an outer glazed sheet , bearing any
printed labels to bo employed ; the tube
18 then cut into short lengths , to the
ends of which are added tops , bottoms
and necks of paper orof wood If special
strength Is required nothing further
being necessary beyond pouring in and
lining the innido with composition ,
which , on setting , will effectually rtslst
the action of acids , spirits , inks , dyes ,
etc. The utilization of paper IB con
stantly receiving now adaptations , a
bare enumeration of which ivould con
stitute a formidable list , while enough
has been said to demonstrate that the
latest development of th.i.s material in
the bottle making Industry bidH fair to
hold not un unimportant part in the
varied uses now obtained from paper.
Diamonds Guarded IiiKonloiiNly.
London Figaro : When the French
crown jewels were bold by auction hist
season is was well known tnat Iho Uncut
and most historical of the gems , Includ
ing the famous "Regent" diamond ,
were reserved , and those may now bo
seen In the Louvre In the the gallery
called after the well-known statue of
Apollo , which is such a prominent ob
ject in it. Before those priceless gomH
were exposed , however , a committee of
aklllod officials and experts were ap
pointed In order to decide on some plan
for rendering their loss by theft virt
ually impossible. And this Is what the
committee decided upon , ' 1 ho jewels
are exhibited in n bhowcuso , the glass
plates of which uro exceptionally
thick nnd the Iron framework of which
if , abnormally utrong , und an attendant
has boon appointed to specially keep
watch over the precious exhibit all day
long. Should ho have the slightest
cause to suspect any vibitor or visitors
ho has only to touch a button easily
within his reach , whereupon the glass
cufao promptly disappears from view and
sinks into a specially constructed shaft
over the top of which the bamo auto
matic machinery causes thick covora ,
formed of thick metal plates , to close
with a fahnrp snap , The ingenuity dit-
pluycd in carrying out this plan is ro-
markuble and the fact that the clock
work apparatus bos cost close upon 800.
will convey some idea of its complicated
character ,