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" * . / - * * THE OMAHA DAILY BE.JB : TUESDAY , MAY 8 , 1888. ' ' * * * * * * * M'n'MWMMnnM0MMnVMM ' WM MOTMnnMBWMmnHaM MfHMMMHMiB WBMM BMOTBVBHA MMMNMIMM ' { THE DAILY BEE. 1-UnMSHEJDEVKUY MORNING. TERMS OF SUHSCmtnON. Ballr ( Morning Edition ) Including Sunday ncn. One Year . tip 00 For Blx Months , . GO ) Vor Three Months . . . . . . . . . 2 W the Omaha Snndnjr line , mailed to any nil- dress , One Year . 2 00 t MitA omen , Nofl.flH ANDPIB FAn AM STOBET. NEW YOUK OFFICK , UOOMS 14 ANI > 15 TninuwK JIIJILTHNO. WASHINGTON OrriCE , No. 613 rOUIlTEEHTII SrilEr.T. COHnr-SrONDRNCB. All communications relating to news and edi torial matter should bo nddres cd to the EDITOR DTUHljKB'liU8tNr.8S LBTTEIIS. AH business loiters find remittances should 1 > ddrcJ5 cd to TUB lUr 1'uni.ismr.o COMPANY. DjIAil A. Drafts , chocks and postofllco orders to be made payable to the order or the company. Die BCB . Proprietors E. ROSEWATER , Editor. THE DE1C. Sworn Statement ofClroulntlon. fitntcot Nebraska , I. . l"1 Couutr oMtotiglui , Geo. 1) ) . Ttschuck , gecrctarr of The Heo Pun- lIMilng company , uocs solemnly swear that the nctualelrculatfon of the Dally lice for the week ending Mav B. 1888. WM a follows ! Saturday , April 24 Himday. April Monday. April 30 . 7.7 * JruCBday. May 1 . JJ.1W Wednesday. May 2. . . 1M.07C niursclny , May 5 . 1H.11C May i . IB.'JUl Average. . . . . . .18.174 OKO. D.T7.8CHUCK. Bworn to and subscribed In my prttience thu 5th day of May , A. IX , 1B83. N. V. FK1L. Notary Public. Btato of Nebraska , I , _ County of Douglas , I ' George H. Tzschuck , being first duly sworn , denoHtm nnd unyo tlmt he Is secretary of The II uo Publishing company , that the actual average daily circulation of the Dally Hee for the month of Mny. 1887 , Mas 14.SST copies ; for .Mine , 1887 , 14,147 copies ; for July. 188. , 14,010 coi > leu ; for Atifrust , 1887 , 14lftl copies ; for September , 18S7 , I4 , l copies ; for October , 1887 , H.iWl copies ; for November , 1887 , I5.KW copies ; for December , JBBT , 15,041 copies ; for January. 18b8 , lfi,2oo coiv les ; for February , 1SS8 , 16.WB coplesr for March , 1888 , 19,069 copies ; for April , 1IW8 , 18,744 ronhw. , GEO. 11. r/SCllUCK. Swora to before mo and subscribed In my presence this 2d tiny of May , A. I ) . 1888. N. 1" . 1'KIU Notarj' Public. OMAHA.'S cleuranco record looms to tie | fore in spite of tbo decrease in gross exchanges in the loading cities of the country. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ JUST 0.9 in umtorial progress Omaha is most feared by her rivals , so in base ball the cities composing the Western league stand in dread lest we fly the ponmmt at tbo end of tbo season. AN Iowa man has discovered a pro cess of making urtiQolal milk out of cotton seed oil and otlier ingredients , and now tbo old chalk-and-wator method will fall into innocuous desue tude. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Tnu information that Valentino wne defeated in bis own ward at West Point as a delegate to the county convention shows conclusively that "Our Val" at least bad two seasons a forward spring and an early fall. THE great state of Virginia , once the mother of presidents , is out of luck , out of politics , and out of monoy. As tbo laws of tbo state forbid tbo treasurer or legislature from borrowing , bankruptcy nnd disgrace are threatening tbo state , What the Old Dominion should do is to resolve herself intoamothorof financiers jind then , perhaps , she may resume her former prominence. A Nusincn of valuable strikes in tbo mining districts of Montana have been reported during the past week , and ad < vices say that the mountains are alive with prospectors and minors , of whose success in making important discover ies tho.ro are glowing reports. It is confidently predicted that tbo prcsonl Reason will bo the greatest in results ii : the mining history of Montana. IT looks as though the prohibition fences wore all under water in Iowa and tbo planks wore floating away. At tbo Bta o convention at Dos Monies twenty- one delegates wore in attendance and Only nineteen out of ninety-nine conn- Mo.8 of the state were represented , fcltber the party is so confident of ita strength and bold upon tbo people that it docs not doom It necessary to call out Us full quota of delegates , or else tbcro id a sudden disintegration in tbo ranks. A coiuiKSPONDKNT desires to know What kind of bills , If any , can originate In tbo United Slates soimto. Any bill Ihat does not relate to revenue can have Its origin in the senate. Section 7 of M-ticlo 1 of tbo constitution Buys : "All bills for raising revenue shall originate ) n the house of representatives ; but the Senate may propose or concur with fcraondmonts an on other bills. " Onlj In tbis ono respect duos the bouse en joy a legislative privilege superior tc tbo senate. Tins Unltpd States by leasing the right to take seals in Alnska to a Cull fornin syndicate has imido a profit o : 15,000,000 , , and covers tbo intoroston the cost of Alaska at 4 pop cent per annum Tbis statement on the face of It maj Appear a pro fit able investment. Bui \vhon the monopoly clears 820,000,001 every year nnd threatens tbo extinction fif seals within a few years , tbo best ol the bargain evidently la not with the United States. ON May 10 Texas will celebrate the dedication of its now capital building the finest of its kind in the Unitoi Btatos. Ita estimated value Is $7,000,000 It was paid for by a grunt ol throe million acres ol land lying In one bodj fend surrounded by a 750 mile fence A Chicago syndicate erected the build Jug , which is nn immense pile of granite lour foot higher than the national tapltol at Washington , After erecting fine of the flnoat and largest oapitol buildings in the union , and having i Utri > lus of over $1,000,000 in its treasury Texas is doing pretty well. THE Now York Sun thinks the dome pratio party will bo doing quite onougl : lor Mr. Cleveland in renominatiug him Without giving him a platform. Ol pourao the convention will make a plat Itorm , and It will bo constructed to ill | ho candidate , but even if it should not JUo this It is not clear what difference i < Svould make. The ronominatlon ol falevelnnd will carry everything with ii r-tho virtual oudorbomoiit ol all bii Views and policies. The expressions ol flomocrntU platforms thus far show thai tbo party la fully prepared to thus ktultlfy itself. It hasn't any choice Ii Jhe matter , and Mr , Dana is wasting iu giving 'Uia detaQoraoy advice Tlio Treasury and Bank of England. An important resolution was passed by the senate- last week. It calls upon the secretary of the treasury for a state ment of the amount of silver bullion offered to the government each month since the postage of the act of February , 1878 , by whom , and. at what prices ; also the amount of silver bullion purchased each month during euch period , from whom , and the prices paid therefor ; and further directs the secretary of the treasury to Inform the senate if the quotations of India council bills in Lon don enter into tbo determination to any extent of what is the market price of silver bullion in the United States. This latter information will bo espe cially interesting. pTho author of the resolution , Sena tor Stewart , said in advocacy of it that it has boon alleged that there is a combination between the treasury department and the Bank of England which has existed since the passage of the Bland act , tbo pbjcct of which combination is to depress tbo price ot tillver , to bring that metal into disrepute , and to force this country to a single gold standard. The United States treasury and the Bank of England are the sole purchasers of silver , ex cept what is used in the arts , nnd can put the price of silver whore they please without regard to the laws of supply and demand. The method of the Bank of England in depressing or advancing the price of silver is purely arbitrary. The English government collects its taxes in India in silver coin- rupees. It draws what are called coun cil bills against the India revenue and sells them In the market. It nlso buys what silver is used in India nnd issues council bills therefor. It also buys with these council bills pretty nearly all the silver that Is shipped to China and Japan , and consequently the price of silver depends upon these coun cil bills. Whenever the Bank of Eng land wants" to put down silver it lowers the price of bills. If anybody else at tempts to ship silver to India the bank puts the council bills up so that the sil ver will bo worth more in London than in India. Iho result is that the Bank of England has a complete monopoly in tbo purchase of silver for Asiatic con sumption. Senator Stewart contended that the treasury department has at all times since the passage of the Bland act contributed to tbo extent of its power to aid the Bank of''England ' to depress the price of silver. It has assumed that the arbitrary price flxed on council bilh is the market value of silver , and pur- chiacd sliver according to the quotation of council bills in London. The secre tary of the treasury , said Senator Stew art , "never has in a single instance OK- orciscd the discretion given to him by congress to purchase more than two millions a month , but has at all times purchased the least possible quantity , so as to leave as much silver as possible in the mnuket and not interfere with the schemes of Great Britain to obtain cheap silver for the benefit of India.11 This is a novel and remarkable state ment which may well challenge at tention , and which if well founded justifies the demand for the information that the resolution passed by the senate calls for. Senator Stewart strongly advocated doubling the-amount of silver purchased monthly by the treasury that is , four million dollars instead of two , urging that such action would benefit every in dustry in the country , and bo especially helpful to the agricultural class. An other important consideration in favot of 'this proposition is the necessity ol providing against a contraction of the currency resulting from tbo surrender of the national bank circulation. This provision would have been made by the Bock amendment to the bond purchase bill , but that has not been hoard of since it went to the house , nnd now the secretary of the treasury is buying bonds hold or con trolled by the national banks , tbo consequence quence of which will bo a contracted currency. Tbo circulation per capita at present , estimating the population at. slxty-twc millions , is but $17,29 , against $ lt.70 ) in 1879 , and $10.37 in 1805. It would clearlj not bo in the interest of the industries of tbo country , of labor , and gf the farm ing class , with its vast mortgage indebt edness of nearly four billion dollars , tc allow money to become dearer by a fur ther contraction of the circulation , Such a policy could only benefit the bondholders and the creditor class while impoverishing the great bodj of the people. No wiser 01 safer expedient for preventing this has boon suggested than tc increase the amount of failvor in the circulation , at least to the extent of the national bank notes retired , and this will undoubtedly bo done by congress , though very likely not at the present session. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Western Huilroad Progress , A dispatch from Tacoma , Washing ton territory , announces that there is great rejoicing in that prosperous and promising city over the completion ol the Northern Pacific through the Cas cade range of mountains. This is bul an incident among several more impor tant facts regarding railroad progress in the west. The rooont incorporation of the Northern Pacific & Montana railroad , to construct the system of branches al- rnady projected and in part constructed by the Northern Pnoltlo , gives assur ance that the work will bo nrosooutcd more vigorously than before , and thai within u ryear Montana will have its mileage of railroads largely increased. The now company proposes to build eight or nine lines , traversing the richest nnd most promising portions of the territory. The advent of the railroad is reasonably expected to rapidly develop these locali ties and brlns'into sorvii-o n * elements of prosperity valuable resources now un available for want of adequate , rapid and ohcau traneportatipn. One ot ( he proposed lines will tap the mammoth coal scam of the Bull mountains and enter the great beds of hematitp ir0n u little further on. Other important mineral districts will be reached , while the added facilities for transportation afforded will bo a great stimulus to agri- cuLUiro and' stock-raising. The prouiLbod ' onajilngol the Sioux reservation has renewed at tention to contemplated railroad enterprises to which that closed region is now a barrier. It is believed that as soon as the reservation is opened at least four lines of railroad will bo pushed forward to the Black Kills. The Milwaukee has for the past four or flvo years been waiting patiently at the Mis souri river , but is now expected to begin grading at an onrly day. The Burling ton , the Manitoba and the Northwestern are all said to have in contemplation the construction of lines to Rapid City , Dakota , and will doubtless do so as soon a ? they can bo assured that the reserva tion will bo opened. These promised enterprises , some of them certain to materialize during the present year , and all of them at a not very remote time , bold out a cheering prospect for tbo regions In which they will bo carried on , and they will become - como permanent aids to a development , progress and prosperity in which the whole country will share. CniCAao Is vigorously denying the charges made by Senators Vest nnd Plumb in the senate that a big "cattle combine , " whoso object is to keep down the market price of live stock to the lowest notch , is on foot in that city. It is hardly necessary for the lake city to refute the testimony , for facts point strongly to such an understanding among her dressed beef packers. It is notoriously true that the quotations for live stock iu the Chicago market have boon low , hardly paying enough to cover the margin for transportation from the western ranges. The unsettled condi tion of the cattle industry and the high price of dressed boot are proofs that tbo rangers nnd breeders boar the burdens while the packers and shippers share the profits. With a market for live stock , divided among different cantors , nearer the cattle ranges , it will bo im possible for a Chicago combineto keep the price of cattle continually iu the dumps. _ EVERY true Nobrasknn rejoices at the material nrogress tnado by the pushing and enterprising oities of the state. From all sides gratifying reports of their commercial and industrial activity como pouring in. THE BKE has re cently given an account of the public and private improvements inaugurated at Nebraska City , Hastings , Beatrice and other towns. The work going on with so much enthusiasm in these cities is duplicated in every town ii\ the stato. No bettor index of the prosperity of Nebraska can bo found than in tbo activity and growth of her cities and towns. There is healthful rivalry tvmong them to surpass each other. There is rivalry among the tier of cities in the northeastern part of the state to surpass those situated in the southeast ern section. There is a quiet determi nation of the cities along the Union Pa- cifio not to bo outdone in progress and energy. Nebraska may well feel proud of herself this spring. THE Philadelphia 2Ymes has made a canvass of the presidential preferences of the republicans of Michigan. It ap pears from this tlmt ox-Governor Alger has a very general support as first choice , but it is doubted whether the convention will instruct the delegation for him. After Alger , Robert Lincoln has the largest support , with Grcsham very close to him. Blaine has some fol lowing , but it is for the most part con ditional. Allison and Sherman have a small support in the order named. The voice of Michigan in the national re publican convention is expected to be clamorous for protection. THIS Atohison , Topeka & Santa Fo is making strenuous efforts to absorb the St. Louis & San Franciso railroad. If the consolidation takes place , tbo rail road octopus will control 8,000 miles of trade and hold in its tentacles the ter ritory extending from Chicago and St. Louis to San Diego , Cal. , and the coun try as far south as the Gulf of Mexico. The system would become ono of the most powerful in the country and se riously affect the several transcontinental nental linos. No iiETTuu evidence of the cordial ity existing between Council Bluffs and Omaha could bo evinced than by the enthusiasm shown by the loading citi zens of each city in pushing forward the Chautauqua enterprise. This re lation will bo cemented the closer when the wagon bridge is completed and tbo facilities of communication perfected go as to practically make a twin city on both banks of the Missouri. THE beautiful structure known as St. John's Collegiate church which was dedicated Sunday , is an ornament to Omaha , ol which the faculty of Croigh- ton college may well feel proud. There are certainly few colleges in the coun try possessing a more imposing edifice. The rapid strides which Crolghton college - logo is making in keeping abreast with ltd growing nocda places that school as ono of the leading educational institu tions of the west. Miss SUSAN B. ANTHONV and Mrs. Elizabeth Cudy Stuntou call on all women to como out of the Methodist church whenever it refuses them a voice and a vote in its convention , On the whole , however , women will think twice before accepting this invitation to boycott that church. The apostles of female suffrage are treading on danger ous ground , and they are more than likely to lobe the little prestige they have won by mixing religion into politics. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ JUDGING from the Cincinnati Price Current , the turning point has como when Kansas City , must yield second place to Omaha as a pork-packing center , For March and April , 1888 , Knnsua City shows a decrease of 20,000 hogs packed us compared with the cor responding period of lost year. For the two months of the summer pork-pack ing season Omaha shows an increase of 80,000over the record for 1687 , At this ruto Kansas City will take a back seat when the season of 1689 sots in. As between cedar block nnd vitrified brick pavement , the city council of Be atrice hts expressed a preference for the former , < Lt baa been demonstrated by costly experiment in Omaha that cedar block p&imonl'is not durable. Rather than undergo costly experi ments , Beatrice-should satisfy herself that vitrified bctck will bo bettor. How the Girls Kiss. UVi ? il > iafon Sun. The Now York ptrl bows her stately head , And she fixes hqr stylish lips In n firm , hard \vnVj and lets them RO In spasmodic llttld snips. The Boston girl reniovcth her spew , And frcezotli Ii9r/aco with n sinllo ; Then she sticks out her lips lilco nn open book , And chotvoth a bean meanwhile. The St. Louis plrl snys never a word , And you'd think slid was rothor tmno , \\lthnorniactical views of the matter in linnu , But she gets there Just the same. The Baltimore girl , the pride or the south , In her ulinRiDif nnd soulful way , Absorbs it nil with a ycnrnf ul yearn As big as a bale of hay. The Chicago girl gcti a grip on herself , As she carefully takes oft her hat ; Ihon she grabs up the prize In a f reiulod way , Llko a terrier shaking a rat. The Washington girl , so gentle nnd sweet , . .Lots her lips meet the coining Iciss With a rapturous warmth , and the youthful souls Float away on a sea of bliss. The Omnha girl , with her gracctul form , As she proudly stands erect , Gives ono sweet elanco ut his damnsk check , And then well I you know the rest , Robert T. Lincoln can ploy poker. Jny Gould's eyes ore dark and piercing nnd never at rest. Lord Lnndolnh Churchill ploys a first-rate game of billiards. CarlSchurz is staying with Mr. Henry Villnrd In Uerllu. Cyrus W. Field thinks that by hard work n man. may accomplish anything. Hov. E. P. Iloo nnd Mark Twain both make over $20,000 a year by their pens. Lord Leslie , a poverty stricken Irish poet , Is traveling ngent for a sowing machine company. Colonel Edward Sumner , of San Francisco , has been a Free Mason for seventy-one years. Ho was born in 1700. There seems to bo much reason for the be lief that Ignatius Donnolley'B cryptogram is a cipher iu a sense which does not yet real ize. The Chlneso emperor is being initiatea into the mysteries of poker by three Chinese noblemen , who have studied cards iu this country. It is now asserted that Miss Endicott is not engaged to Joseph Ohambortaiu , but will marry Sigournoy Butler , second comiitrollor of the treasury. Cornelius Vnndcrbilt's income from his capital is said to bo In the neighborhood of $1,000,000 a inouth.'whUe that of William 1C. is not far behind it. o Carter Harrison 'writes from India to say that the water in that country is positively undrinkablo. Anu , 'Vmlicious ' editors who don't know "O < ir Carter" are inquiring how he knows. ' ' ' The late Count prtl , the great Italian diplomat , in his will declared on his honor that ho had "served his country with fidel ity and love , and with no regard for per sonal interests. " General August Y Kuutz , the famous cav alry leader of the waj , has struck it rich in the northwest. In 1SSO he bought lots in Tacoma for $33 each , for which ho was re cently offered , nnd-roluscd , $3,000 apiece. Governor Isaac JP.Gray , of Indiana , is fifty-four years old. Ho is a inau of fair ability. Ho weighs about 151) ) pounds , and stands five feet eight inches in his stockings. Ho is well built , broad-shouldered mid dig- nllied. Harry A. Garfleld , son of the late Presi dent Garficld , is soon to be married to Miss Belle Mason. Miss Mason , accompanied by her mother and sister , returned from. Europe last Friday on the same steamer with Mr Garfleld. Congressman Hitt , of Illinois , is one of the richest representatives at Washington. Ho is said to have spent $30,000 a year entertain ing when ho was secretary of the legislation at Paris. Ho is an expert stenographer , and was at one time u clerk of one of the senate committees. Chauncoy I. Filley , of St. Louis , is willing to wager a responsible amount that the re publican presidential candidate will como from the west. Possibly Mr.Filley is having himself groomed for a dark horse in which case ho should remember that iu politics as iu business "money makes the mare go. " Senator Spoouer's youngest son , Philip , has a great talent for music. Though ho docs not know one note from another , he can carry the musioof un opera , after hearing Uio performance once , right along with his mother's accompaniment on the piano. Jjis voice Is like a girl's ' , and sweat and clear as the notes of n bird. August Burlihardt , of St. Louis , has im mortalized himself. Ho has been drawing n pension of 50 a month for several years , and the other day wrote to the pension ngctit re questing that his name bo stricUon from the rolls , as ho is now perfectly cured and no longer needs the assistance of the govern ment. Uov. Father L. L. Conrady , for fifteen years a priest among the UmutiUu Indians , of Oregon , has loft Vancouver to devote the remainder of his life as missionary on the Island of Molokai among the lepers of the Hawaiian Islands. A number of volunteer sisters of charity from Syracuse , N. V. , will soon follow to take charge of the female lepers. King Tliebaw's revenue from the famous ruby mines of Burrnab , it is said , did not average 150,000 rupees annually. All pro. cautions which were r ictlcable were taken to prevent smuggling , nnd stouos of the value of 2,000 rupees w ro royal DcrqulslteB , but they were generally secreted or broken up by the flndcrc. The English hove dropped all work at the inincjs sluco they conquered Burmau. Alexander Dumas'1 daily life is a model of regularity. Ho is out of bed ay 0:30 : in sum mer and not later than 7 in winter. HU first breakfast consists solely of a glass of milk , and the second , which occurs at uoon , is a plain meal. He dines at 7 uud is usually m bed by 10. Every day 'he ' takes a walk of some length. All hlsork Is done before 4 o'clock in the afternoout Speaking of our minister to France , a cor respondent in Paris says : "Tho gallantry of Mr. McLane to the fair BOX is equal to that of his predecessor Mr. Morton , so that this [ juallty seems in a fairway to become part ot the traditions of the American legation in Paris. To go backward , there was also Mr. Washburne , who was well known in tins way , also General DIx , who , however , was somewhat venerable for the role. It Is said that Mr. Dayton , too , was of a gallant na ture in his time , which was very long ago. " Carter H. IlarrUon , ex-mayor of Chicago , Is still in India. At Trichinopoly ho had jrcatluckln the purchase of cigars. Ho lays : "I bought from a manufacturcro flOO ivell made weeds , of 'Henry Qlay1 size , for light rupees , f 2.60 a little over half-coat ipleco at present rate of exchange. They ivero of the Hr t quality , and are good , ralucr low flavored cigars. I have been smoking "Trlchlcs" for Iho past two month ! nnd find thorn very ftntlsfactory. " It wouk pay n good many smokers to run over to India d-ia when they lay In ninpply of cigars. 8TATB Nebraska Jottings. Hastings Rets n scigo of Pinafore. Nebraska City will rename her streets. Among the attractions of Alliance is < mountain lion. Superior Is offering proper inducement ! for a canning factory. Ecnoo4 of the Into democratic stnto con volition are .yet hoard throughout the ntato. The Kearney County Democrat , yublishct at Mlndcn , Issues n handsome boom edition Burwcll , in Gnrficld county , Is dazzled bj the maddening rush of n never ending boom The Valentino bnso ball club will ploy ni interesting match game on the 10th inst With the ( Jliadron olub , The original corn palnco city of two homls plicrcs , Sioux City , la. . Is already mnfcitif contracts for corn with Dixon nuu DnkoU counties , Nebraska. A Hay Springs saloonkeeper attempted U release n citizen froln Jail whom h6 had fillci with tangle foot. It cost the saloon man oni night In the Jail nnd J13.CO. Tlio'Nobraska City News learns that Hon Tobias Castor has n bill before congress ask ing pay for a opan of horses valued at tlGOi that wore stolen by the Indians. Although lie withdraws from the race tin friends of Hon. N. V. Harlan , in the Scconi congressional district insist that ho mils come- before the Hastings convention on thi Utb , A report is current to the effect that the 13 & M. will Immediately build n branch U Valentino from the division of the road In tlu Loup country , in order to bo nc.ir the Slouj reservation , so that it may bo first on tin ground. The citizens nnd business men of Alliance are highly elated with the dispatch will which the department attended to their pc tltion praying for n change iu the mail route The promise of a daily mull , May Itf , is inos encouraging. Cherry county claims to bo the battnci county for stock growing as the followltu will testify : Two cows , otfo belonging to A D. Cole nnd the other to Mr. Tremmil , gnv < birth to twins , nnd W. II. Carter has oni that gave birth to triplets the other day. Al doing nicely. On November 30 , 1S70 , John Tnllon , other wise known as Cheyenne .Tack , died , leaving $3,790 m cash , nnd some real 'estate iu tlu city of Plattsniouth to his two sisters , Marj Ann nud Catherine , nnd to his brothei Michael , if they can bo found. The relative ! linvo been found nnd the estate satisfactorily divided. Tlio suit for dnmagcs of Whormnn vs tin B. & M. railroad company was comprouiisec at Superior by the company paying the do fendnnt $700 , tbo latter paying the costs. I will bo remembered that this was a case it which James Wehrmiin's arm wns broke 01 a train colliding witlin car standing on a id ( track through the carelessness of some of thi company's employes. The Niobrara people take the losing o : their land office very much to heart. List u this choice morsel from the paper of tha town : "Senator Boncstccl is cxj cctcd honu this evening ; ho has done good -and faithfu work for Niobraru during his stay in Wush ington , and will give our people the propoi names of hypocritical , treacherous , Jesuit ical , political mountebanks who Imposed upoi and decohcd the president in the laud ollla deal. " A colored man named Neal and a white man named Kitchen were runners for twc rival hotels at Julcsburg. The colored nun : appeared to have been the more successful ol the two and they had- several spats. It tor minuted in Kitchen drawing n gun and shoot ing Ncal , four or five shots being fired before the negro was hit. Kitchen did not try ti escape nnd was arrested. The courts will settle the matter. The Plnttsmouth Journal says reproach fully ; "One of the striking engineers haiuls us tbo following : How quickly some of the 'competent' scabs get promotion I Tbo new passenger engine , No. 103 , is now manned by scab Green , who had the serious wrooli near Uellovue , with engine 177 , which was ruined , and another later at Orcnpolis , am : now he will bo given a chance to ruin an other. 'Wo have nothing but competent men in our employ.1 " Iowa. The republicans of Iowa have organized 131 clubs. The dreaded eye disease , pink-eye , is goinp its rounds iu Kingaley. The artesian well at Tipton is 2,000 feet down and no water .vet. The Sioux City & Pacific railroad ishavinn steel mils placed on * ho Sloan bcotiou. There will be an effort made to organize an agricultural society in Cherokee county. Arrangements are being rnndo for the es tablishment of a government signal office at Holstcin. Dennis Dugan , the injured fireman at Sioux City , is dead. The remains were sent to Wisner , Neb. A writer in a Muscatiuo paper predicts the seventeen year locusts will appear there the lost of this month. The mayor of Estherville has been In structcd by the council to contract for an ar tesian well ( H)0 ) feet deep in the court house yard. yard.MM. MM. B. Conlff has filed a suit against the city of Keoltuk for $10,000 damages , claiming to have been injured for life by falling on a defective street crossing. All of the 0,000 notarial commissions now in force in lown expire July 1. About l.QOU applications for renewal have already been received at the executive office. The general association of Couijrog.iUonal ministers ot Iowa will bold its forty-ninth annual meeting at Qi-innell fiomMuy 23 to 23 , inclusive. A good attendance is Ipokecl for from all points of the state. The largest raft of logs that has been brought down the Mississippi from Beef Slough was brought down past Davenport by F. C. A. Danktnnu. The raft wns O'io feet long and 1W6 feet wide ; there were 1,200,00(1 ( foot of Ipgs in it fi.OOO lons-und it will make , when cut up , 1,250,000 feet of lumber. Dakota. Green peas and string beans are in the Sioux Falls market. At the lower Hrulo agency resides a squaw Bald .to bo about ono hundred and twcnty- Bcvijn years of ngo. More- final proofs were mode at the Yank- ton land office during April than for the sumo time during two years past. The Bowman hotel at Ashton enjoys the distinction of being the first building iu the territory heated by natural gas. Dan Davidson , of Buffalo Gap , languishes in the Cu tcr Qlty Jail , charged with hilling Standsbury Arthurat that place some months ugo. ugo.Sioux Falls is the first Dakota city to begin - gin paving. Phillips avenue for scvou squares will bo paved with solid Jasper There are fifty-six cases Uxm | the calendar for this term of thubuprciuocouit at Yank- ton , and this is only ono of thioo Umns pro vided' for during a year , The olcotno light bus been mounted on the court house tower nt Hupid Cl'y ' and it looms up bravely , and will bo found a boon to cast end rcbldeuts on moonless nights. Farmers in Hamllit county are planting sunflower seed this spring as un experiment. The seeds are said to make excellent feed for fowls and the Btullts good mimnicr fuel. Plans are rapidly maturing And shortly will bo announced , for ttio moat elat oruto and In every way attractive Fourth of Jt'ly celebration Unowu not only to Dcadwood butte to the entire 1 1 Ilia. Sioux Falls boasts of the youngest bank president probably in the world J. M , Halley - ley , jr. , who ha just been put at the head of tbo Minnchaha National bank at the ago of twenty-three years. A Cnrrirjgton farmer who left Dakota in search of fields fairer and pastures grconer In California , writes back to the News : ' 'Oiler u premium ut your next county fair For the bUrgest fool in the county , and I will try to bo there in time to compete for it. " John Van Meter , n young Sioux Indian , lias entered tliolnwofllroof Dillon & Holmes t Pierre. Ho was educated In 1'hiladelphin , uul wus sent to London during the auucn's ubilco us a representative of the educated Sioux Indian , and came back fully deter- nlncd to do as the whiles. Ho is un excellent English scholar , If one-half that is told (4 ( true , a house near ho Ucatlwood street brldjro Is haunted by ha ghost Of a woman. Chinamen living Jnt .hut ncighbdrhood who Uuow" all about snooks , say thnt In Iho form of n geese sli < visits their house every night , waddle * around them , quacVIng nj she goes. The Deadwood Pioneer thus complains "Some tlmo ngo the Fremont , Elkhorn ' Missouri Vnlloy railroad company sent specla artists nnd write-up men nil nlong the llm for the purpose of getting up n great boon edition of 30,000 copies. Our citizens con tributed liberally , thinking they would receive coivo Iho edition In time for the spring boom but hero it is the first of Mny and the boon Benson Is past nnd yet no papers. " A Few Extracts Tlmt llnul Mortal May Use. Tun linn has received n great many com plaints growing out of the sad condition o the U. & M , lines in Nebraska. Some of tlu complains cannot bo printed because UK authors sign fictitious names. Others an refused because of evident malice on the par of the writers toward the road. The Ur.i will print nothing but f nets on thli subject Hclow will bo found n littln food for rcfloo lion : _ A SCAB'S rooii wonic. ATCHIXSON , Kn's. , Mny U. To the Editor o THIS HIB : : As the Missouri Pacific passcn Bertram No. 854 wns pulling out , No. 6 en glue cnnic out from Wilurop on the Knnsa City road and cut her in two Just back of tin water tank. The fine work ot the Mlssonr Pacific engineer stopping his tram as ho did or the Kansas City eilglue would have strucl n couch full of passengers. The Unto of tin accident was 'J : 15 u. m. SAM Moiuux. Tin : AI.MA wnr.aic. Summon , Neb. , May a. To the Editor o TUB HUB : I have not boon able to lay m : hands on n Bcu since Friday. 1 saw at Omaha Herald of Saturday and read a notice of the U. ife M. wreck near Orleans , Nob. I was a passenger on that train ntul got oil nt Orleans , which I nm now very thiinltfu that I did. The article in the Herald is ver.v incorrect. In this it says Unit Mr. Campbell nud officials were on the soot giving persona attention to the wounded and looltitig nftoi the dead nnd had ftalled n special c.ir will doctors to care for the needy. I left Alma n1 half past 3 o'clock Friday nlnht , eight hours after the accident. No oillcinls of the H. 5 M. had put in tin appearance about tlu wounded and dead at Alma up to that time Their sole work wns in lookiiu after their own interests nud prop erty. Strangers hnd to advnnu < money to telegraph the chlldicn thnt thoii father and mother was killed in n wreck ot the H , & M. It was the sumo with the trav clliiR man , Evans. The 13. & M. agent wouli not telegraph to his wife nnd for n doctor ni Lincoln until they were paid for the same Myself , with fifteen or twenty other travel era , most of whom had paid their f tires todis taut points , could not irct a word from mij official of the road when wo might even ex pect to got a train nnd go on our way. Foui ladies thut were bound for points buyout McCook were kept in the dining coacl * um they dnro not leave the coach even for theii meals until night when the fires went oui of the coach , nnd they were then driven to the hotel three-quarters of a rnilo away They became discouraged as they could gut no information as to when they would get 11 train to go on their Journey. So about 11001 : of Saturday they hired a team and started out in a cold rain and hall storm to drive tlu rest of the way. In less thun nn hour after they loft n tram was sent west. The passen gers were treated the same nt Oxford. Dili the ngent tell us that they would send a train each way to Oxford nnd Hcd Cloud where we could connect or communicate with the outside world ? No , sir , not a word. But an engineer who hud his running orders and took time to get his dinner , took pity on us , as ho know we had been sitting up all night in that car , so that wo would not get left , gave us a pointer , that passenger coach No. 03 , would go to Ked Cloud ns soon ns ho got his dinner. You bet wo wutchcd him and car No. G. The pelting rain nnd hail did not keep us buck from getting our grips and all aboard. 13ut wo had to build oui own fires In the coach. The man who says the officials assisted in any way by word , deed or act to contribute iu the least to make their passengers comfortable cither in mind or bpdy , is a prevaricator. Such ac tions on the part of the railroad officials are not worthy of the patronage of the people. 13ut give the devil his Just dues. I was a passenger on the ill-fated train to Orleans within three miles of where It was wrecked. From McCook up to my town everything seemed to work well and smoothly. 1 heard good men say in Ama that thd section boss of that section hud reported the bridge unsafe. I heard n good citizen say that the conductor , Odell , who was bruised up considerable , told that he , the conductor Odcll. had said , and he , the citizen , hud seen and read two dis patches warning him , Odcll , that there was a heavy storm east of him , that he must be careful nnd examine the bridges , naming this bridge that gave way ns one. For the truth of the above I can vouch. Hut let it bens ns it may , I want to ask you this question : Are nny sot of men mnnagcrs , superin tendents or trainmen competent and should they bo allowed to have churge of run trains wito do not possess the precaution on a night like that to stop the. train and send [ men ahead to actually find out if the bridge wus really therol where was the section boss who is repjrtcd as saying that the bridge was unsato There was no ono patroling the track that night. Had ho been there lives would have been saved and perhaps four , to say nothing of the crippled and the loss ot property und time. I will give you my opin ion why the 13. & M. railroad is having so much trouble in the way of wrecks. It nil prows out of the strike. In Jreulity nil the trainmen uro in deep sympathy with the strikers. They diiro not say bo. They nro simply dumb on the subject. Yes , the scabs , us they cull them , ore iu , sympathy to the ncub only , and came out hero for a little swing on the brotherhood. I say they are nil in sympathy with the strikers , BO much BO that they uro more like dcud men than what they should be in their positions. They seem to bo in a comatose state from the section man to the conductor. The result in inofllcioticv , u don't cure about them that causes nil or nine-tenths of the terrible , and but for the loss of money uud time and posi tion they would como out and go to a iunn with the strikers. I um un Omaha traveling man. A. V. JOHNSON. A TIUVKUU' s , Neb. , May 5. To the Editor of TIIK Hr.u ; Allow mo the use of your paper to cull the attention of the railroad commission- cr to the fact that the I ) . & M. railroad company are now using a common box car , No. 1'JDS , on their line between Holdrcili/o and Kcncsaw. In tills car is n little wooden bench eight feet long , and is the only furni ture iu the car for the use of passengers , un less it is two or three old oil buckets filed with nxel oil to purify the air In said car , This car is used for translating passongoi s oil train No. 128 which is adver tised to carry passengers. I rode in this car on or about Fobruury 25. also on May 4 , 18W , from Holdrcdgo to Mtndcn , paying tlircu cents pur mile for the privilege of standing up most of the way , ns tha scuts were ocgu- pled by others , including ladles. I um told this cur hiiH been used for carrying pasnon- gars for moru tlmn uyuar. llntt the traveling publicno lighu which u railroad company is bound to connect ! Surely hero It a cuso for the followers of John U > rjoto look after. lyctthem pruvent further torture of the human family as well as animals. D. X , JU.NKIN , Second Illiittlrutoil hcoturo ut JJoyd's. Mr. H , H , Ilagau gave his second Illustrated lecture , "Tho Hhmo and Switzerland , " at lioyd's last night to a more than ordinarily sited audlcnco. The entertainment was worthy of more than a passing notice , but limited space prohibit ! * any extended acknowl edgment hero. Kaeh scone was a vision of l > lctureaquo Ucuuty.und tholeulurur'stiOKcrip- Live talk both pleasing and instructive , Fill oil Up nnil Done Up. Tim Williams , a section bund from Sey- jioar , la. , cameto this city Sunday In quest ) f work. Ho fell in with ono of the dlsioput- ibla gangs which o numerously httunt South J'cnth street , and filled up > vith rotten whUky md wasrobbou. Williams thinks thoydruKged ilni , an the last drink throw him Into a ituuor from which ho wan hours In recover- nf , The thlevev tiyk tits watch , Ituifo and :11.00 : iu money. THE SOUTH OMAHA BUDGET , The Busluosa Done at the Foot * oflloo Lnat Mouth. FIRST BALL GAME THIS SEASON , Hoard of Trmlo Moctlnff Bnturdn ; Night Sunday Notca About tlio City , A Month nt the Postofnoo. South Omnha has added $1,031.57 to ths national treasury aim Postmaster Cockerel ! lins forwarded that amount to Washington ns the result of April's postofflco business During that time ho lins disposed of 8(1801 ( envelopes and stamps' amounting to $303.4(1 ( having now on hand 49.R47 of the former nnd fWO.70 worth of the latter. First niood for Houth Onmlm. Sunday was not a good day for sports nnd the weather kept nwny many who would have liked to witness the first ganio of baU on the now grounds. Those who wont , however - over , were well satisfied nnd watched tha homo Club do tni tholr visitors with a score of 4 to 1. Tlio visitors were the MoU IJros. ' club nnd they readied the grounds on tha arrival of the 2 o'clock dummy. The homo club battery was Hughes nnd Fnbor , whila Hnrt nnd ( lilloti did duty for the strangers , . . . * r * . . \ . .v. . . a u.tvi . & Ull , mill M. ALU11UI Hurt did ns much for Motz 13ros. Hnrt xvni nlsb credited with 10 striKe out and Hughes of the home club , 1" . Hoard of Trmlo MoutlnR. The board of trade directors met on Satur day night nnd transacted some routine busl. ness. Secretary Erlon read the minutes nnd they were adopted , but not before Judga Houther called attention , to the fact that al though the board of trndo was intended ta benefit tlio commercial enterprises of South Omaha , It hnd set a bud example by uuyint its statio ncry clsewlioio. The calling of tin roll wus dispensed with , ns there wns uo roll book , and then the reports of the variout committees were received. On behalf of tha finance committee , Mr. John Dee said ho hail nothing to report on , but nt the suggestion of the president , reported progress. Fred M. Smith reported on the grading ot Twon > ty-fouith street , and asked further tlnio. J. W. Edgorton said that iu tuo intor- csts of the committee on assessments , ho hnd held several conferences with the as. sessors , and had instructed thorn as to whut was necessary. Ho reported piogrcss. MacMillan - Millan asked that the viaduct committee ba given moro time , nnd moved that n commit tee of three bo appointed to wait on Messrs. Boyd anil Mrday , nnd find out what they were Villlng to do. Edgerton , MacMUlan nnd Dee wore appointed. Erlon rciwrtod that it wns probable that sufficient advertise ments would bo found to nay for the print ing of the constitution und by-laws , nnd John Dee moved that 1,000 instead of 500 copies bo printed. A discussion on the advisability of distributing n pamphlet , setting forth the advantages of South Omaha then followed , and Doe , Doud and Howland were appointed n committee on the subject. Hooks were or dered for the treasurer and the mooting ad journed for two weeks. * IH It Ho ? There was n legal point raised in the court of Judge Routtior yesterday that may cause the city considerabletrouble. . Attorney T. F. Elliott raised the question as to the legality of the city ordinances , nnd stated that an ordinance in which n decision rested , was not constitutional. Ho said that it con tained no enacting clause , and that two or moro laws were embodied under one head ing. The case is still proceeding. Notes About ( ho City. Leo Truitt is back from a seven days' trip to Chicago. C. P.o IJcntloy is In from Uodgcrs , Nob. , with a car of hogs. George F. Dodge of Wood Kivor , has three cars of ruttlo and ono of hogs on the market. C. N. Saltrgivcr ot Curtis , came In with n car of hogs. S. W. Gouzalcs brought iu three cars of cattle from Elm wood. L. N. Gallup brought in two cars of cattle from Stansbury , Mo. H. II. Van Hrunt of Council Bluffs , mark eted four loads of cattle. J. P. Dunn of Rupahoo , had two loads ol hogs on the market. L. Pouoycr and W. O. Shclton , are in from Central City with cattlo. A. H. Emcrino has some cattle on the market from Council Uluffs. None but the most devout attended church service Sunday , owing to the almost im passable condition of tlio streets. Colonel E. P. Savage , Attorney J. II. Grizo and Dr. Glasgow go from South Omaha to the state republican convention. Exchange hotel guests yesterday were : C. C. Clifton , Wuhoo : O. W. Porly. CoroscojV. S. Hop , Fremont : nud J. Muniou , of Wa- bash. Constable Finncrty did not make so had nn auctioneer after all. nud secured $ iOfiom the sale of the tool chest in McCaffrey vs. Tracy , Now it Is rumored that In case an injunc tion is grunted roHtrulnfng the Omaha ball club from playing on Hun ( I ay , a similar suit will bo instituted here. Thomas Copiic , John Ivoo , Charles Kerns , John Jones and J. J. ICelly were each fined $2 und costs for getting drunk on Sunday. Jones paid and the others are thinking it over. Continuous rams huvo mndo hnd work. Some of the newly graded streets und Jan * gerous looking crevices show themselves in different places. There Is ono on Twenty sixth street , opposite the depot , und another in front of the Exchange building. TIIK HKK has received a communication from u person In South Omaha signed "U. O. D. " made up solely of personal remarks upon tho.Ho who recently met to protest ugainst certain notion taken by the town council. The communication Is rejected be > caiiHo the author does not mulco himself known to us. Some months ago ono Bill John ton \vai accused of stealing au overcoat from u follow workman , but ho got away. Sunday uoma four or five friends of the owner of thu over- cout came down to South Omaha to have 1)111 arrested , but ha told them If they would go with him ho would provo they v/ora wrong. They went and ho proved it , They got n far ns Harry IJonl's plaro , on Twenty- fouith nnd 1C. streets , and ut his Invitation took u drhiit. While they were drinking ho Hklppod , uud they aio still looking for him. Tim High Heliool GrotindH Selected , For nearly two hours last night the com mittees having in charge the arrangements for a proper observance of memorial duj wrestled with the problem as to whom the jxcrclscs should bo held. The ropresonln .Ivi's ft om the Sons of Vote runs championed Lhocninutory , wlillu Comrudo GlarUnon and niprosoiitutlvTS from the various ( J , A. It , iost favored tlio high school grounds. After i protracted debute a final vnto ended fn tha : holco of the hluh school grounds by a nnr < row margin , The commlttno will moot auuln it Uio same- place next Monday nluht , when i programme will bo made up , and this after- loon at 4 o'clock the financial fommlttoo will ; ct together at the oftlco of Major Clarkvou , Ijost Ills Cuff Button . A traveling man wont to thn wash room of hoMlllnrd lost night and laid hi cuffd , ron- alning u costly pair of buttons , on the mlr- or railing. Another commercial truvr.lo < vns near by and flnivhcd washing ahead of its companion , who , when ho reached for hit : ulTs found that they were missing , Tim iu pcctod traveler disappeared , and his sond- ng for bio vallso by a colored mcBfcngci lauscs suspicion to rent on 111 m as the pur. oinorof the Jewelry , The nocro refused to cllwhcio the man wus , and connoqupntly ho clerk declined to turn over the vallso , in ho meantime notifying the police , who ar < in the alert. Freight U r Ittiriclary , A Union Pacific freight car was broken la , t J'apilllon Sunday night , nnd robbed of sev. ral hundred dollan vvortU of cutlery , Th ( raso was reported to the chief of jiolitoneri 'csterday.